How does one "become" an Atheist? Do you have to formally reject God?

Atheists never have a lifelong belief in God to begin with, nothing to break.

I was raised without any religion so now I am doomed to burn forever, seems fair right

it is a realization!
for me, GOD is a possibility

i look like ordinary atheist in the minds of believers
but in reality i am a theist, for i believe in the good in peoples hearts, supporting any illusion as SET IN STONE is a dangerous approach, trusting senses as we got it is for me the good vector, supporting life, trying for unification..

Exactly, Atheists are always searching for the creator, thats what science is, we are tying to figure out were we come from by seraching for the truth, not just accepting a single book of text as absolute fact.

You have it backwards we are all born atheist. Religion is learned.

let them express (believers, atheists)
but let them not dictate your behaviour
(control one over another) and if this happens,
it is always the outcome of your own associations & relations (serving again only for you, to grasp your "stage/state/level of connection"..

"You have it backwards we are all born atheist. Religion is learned."


"Atheists never have a lifelong belief in God to begin with, nothing to break."

First comment is somewhat true, but I'd say people (children) are subjected to or indoctrinated at an early enough age to screw you up and then later in life as you become educated, if educated enough, you realize the idea of god is just something based in man's fear of the unknown and come to the further realization that there simply is no god and just like that you're an atheist, just like happened to me. I was always too logical and scientific minded to truly believe as much as I tried and finally came to the conclusion there is no god so no need to bother thinking about it any longer.

Second comment is completely misinformed.

We aren't born believing in god. Religion is like a leech, and once it's attached to you it will suck your brain out.
There are people who have never heard of the christian god and boy, are they lucky!
I have moved on from atheism though. I am an antitheist...I despise religion and what it does to nice people. I hardly speak to my mother in law because for all intents and purposes she is insane.
She sings tuneless hymns ALL the time when she isn't yapping, and every sentence is bless this, praise that and jesus the next thing. Loopy as fuck but coud be a nice person.
:-)

My dad was a dimwit, I had narrow minded views on everything. That is why even now I cant simply believe God is real.

Nothing wrong with Atheism...
It's a fine religion.

It requires just as much faith to DENY a greater power, as it does to believe in one.

How is my comment misinformed, I (Atheist) have never had a "lifelong belief in God"

Idiot. Does take it require faith to not believe in santa or the easter bunny too?
In that case that is your religion too...

lol....
The whackjobs get SO bent oughtta shape at that one....

Well, it's true :-)

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You were trained for years how not to be an athiest. That is you were told word for word, in a series of vague, dated texts, some of which not accepted by various sects, all of which written by various people, and revised, and retranslated numerous times. Correct?

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Atheists don't by definition deny the possibility of a greater power. We just deny how you define this greater power as there is absolutely no evidence for your exact interpretation.

For example, even under the presumption that there has to be a creator(s), what evidence do you have that the Christian monotheistic God was responsible for creation but not the Hinduistic gods (which is a polytheistic religion)?

You simply come to a realization that deities are just human-made constructs.

it requires more than three active brains cells ...
in other words, you don't qualify

You are so right LOL!!!

Quite simply because you made your assertion inclusive of ALL atheists (read your own statement again), as opposed to just yourself. Therefore since you have no basis for making the statement without the knowledge of every other atheist's lifelong situations you are misinformed or at the very least incorrect in that assertion. I had an almost lifelong belief in god (as much as I understand 'belief'), and now I am an atheist. I just had an awakening to the simple reality that there is no god.

+100

That's hilarious!

You have to be a homo and uber smart. Atheists wont believe youre sincere if youre not.

You just have to acknowledge the fact that there is no god. Never was and never will be.

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Yup.
Was about 5 years old.

Nothing wrong with Atheism...
It's a fine religion.

It requires just as much faith to DENY a greater power, as it does to believe in one.


Deny is not the opposite of believe. Faith does not equate to
belief. Belief is accepting something as to be true. Faith is based upon that which is unknown but with the hope that it is true.

Unfortunately god is unprovable for either purpose...

Deny is not the opposite of believe. Faith does not equate to
belief. Belief is accepting something as to be true. Faith is based upon that which is unknown but with the hope that it is true.

Unfortunately god is unprovable for either purpose...


No faith required. Just acknowledging facts.

Hey, intelligence is not age dependent! :-)

i never had a belief to begin with. i have always been A GOOD CHRISTIAN FEARING HEATHEN .

Was after the diaconesse lady the church sent to our house
to convince me to join Sunday school failed miserably.
In September 1968, that was.

Must confess I resisted on pure instinct at first.