quantum Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Failed prayer, the idea that there is an invisible being , listening to everyones thoughts is beyond laughable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator TheRedneckProfessor Posted May 6 Super Moderator Share Posted May 6 The idea that god has a plan for everybody, coupled with the problem of suffering. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
older Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 The number-one reason? It makes no sense. It denies reality, defies logic, and ignores the facts. Christianity is a coping mechanism for people who are afraid. As I have written here before, I spent my career in photojournalism and have seen photos that no one outside of the profession will ever see, and have heard from the photographers who took them. The level of suffering and death in those photos is beyond the most remote possibilities of anyone's imagination. The photo posted by the Professor is tame in comparison. There is no way an allegedly kind, benevolent deity who is allegedly all powerful, all seeing and all knowing, would let such things happen. If there is a god, it is an evil, selfish, cruel son of a bitch who deserves no respect whatsoever. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezer Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 Boiling it down to the #1 reason for me would be the numerous inconsistancies. Too many things just did not "add up." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wertbag Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 #1 - Divine hiddenness. God has done a great job at making it look like He doesn't exist. This is in direct conflict with the claims that He wants us to know Him, and that He wants a personal relationship with everyone. He loves us, but not enough to bother showing up. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♦ Fuego ♦ Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 I suppose it is a summary of all the reasons to say that it simply isn't real. That was what hit me after 30 years of on-fire belief. I had so many questions piled up and ignored because they threatened the big payout of heaven, and I didn't want to let anything steal away that prize. But when I finally had reason to question openly and was now unwilling to take silence as an answer, all the questions came rolling down off the shelves and burst open. With only god-silence and the continual mantra of "just trust" in something that was increasingly unworthy of trust, the realization hit me that I'd been tricked by a childish fear into dedicating my life to an imaginary friend along with millions of others who were likewise tricked by tales of love and magic they said were historically true. An all-powerful all-knowing friend that is the embodiment of love, but does nothing to help those in need. All the parlor tricks and emotional manipulation of charismatic preachers, and the gullible believers shelling out money to keep the facade going. Cold outrage replaced faith. I sifted through it all and kept things like kindness, because choosing that really does change the world for the better. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator TheRedneckProfessor Posted May 24 Super Moderator Share Posted May 24 Very well said, @Fuego. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
☆ pantheory ☆ Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Number #1 reason I don't believe is that no religion makes any logical sense to me: Adam and Eve, Noah's ark, creation of man, Revelation, etc. All just a book of fairy tales for non thinking folk IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
older Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Fuego: Your comments remind me of the allegory of Plato's Cave, wherein people have been born inside a cave and spend their entire life inside, looking at a wall on which shadows are cast. They know nothing of the world outside, and believe that what they see is the entirety of reality. There's more to the allegory than that and it fits the Christian mindset perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyGone Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 After living most of an adult human lifetime, there was the realization that belief in an omnipotent imaginary friend had made of me a weaker, more foolish human being. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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