VIRB

It has been through my observations and experience in life that has led me to disbelieve in the existence of a god. I have found absolutely ZERO direct evidence to support the theory that a god exist. I have researched and discussed the subject with believers and non-believers alike, attended various churches, and participate in a society where the majority believe. Even though the majority are believers, none of them have been able to provide any shred of evidence that the god they believe in does in fact exist. Despite this lack of evidence, believers insist in the existence of such a deity and further claim that this deity created the universe to support mankind so that mankind can in turn worship the deity. Their main source of inspiration for this belief is the Bible.

Why don't I believe that a supernatural being exist? It's pretty simple actually, as I stated, there's simply no direct evidence that supports that a god exist. That is a big one, NO EVIDENCE. Not to mention that it would seem rather egotistical to believe that the universe was created just to be disposed of by man. But what makes me most skeptical is what I have observed as the reasons why believers do believe.

It is the nature of man to survive, it is man's primal instinct. Man has this self-preservation trait engrained into him, and therefore he does what is necessary to live as long and as well as he can. So when a religion comes along as promises him life everlasting in heaven as long as he abides by the words of the Bible, he is naturally attracted. The promise of life everlasting scratches the itch of this self-preservation trait, which is just a subset of man's parent characteristic, "selfishness". Not only does such a promise satisfy the hunger of this self preservation trait, but it also comforts mans fear of death. People are afraid of the unknown, especially the unknown of death. Even the most intelligent people don't want to die, so they too can and will choose to believe in this promise of afterlife. But in order to believe, they need to prove to themselves that it is true despite all contradicting evidence. This is where "faith," comes into play, that is, to believe in something without evidence. This is an absolute necessity to such a belief. I have observed that people who choose to believe in god rely on faith to convince themselves that what they are believing is true. To further convince themselves that god is real and this promise of life everlasting is true, they relay this belief to everyone else as though it were true. In effect, they are attempting to self brainwash themselves in to believing that it is true.

But the truth is, they are not interested in the truth. They are interested in comfort. The thought of a creator\caretaker in the sky that watches over them and protects them, and will give them a reward of life in heaven if they follow and believe in the words of the bible, makes them feel good. They would rather easily believe in this then face the challenging ongoing search for answers of why we live, what happens after we die, ect...

Creationist, aka "Intelligent Design Theorist," obviously claim that an intelligent designer created the universe and that this intelligent designer is an uncaused cause. Saying that the intelligent designer is an uncaused cause, prevents the argument of, "if god created the universe, then who or what created god," which usually ends in an infinite regression, sometimes referred to as the, "it's turtles all the way down" argument. But once again, they have no proof that god is an uncaused cause.

When asking a believer of god for evidence to support their beliefs, they often refer to the Bible, refer to faith, or they become defensive. The reason many become defensive is that they need to preserve all the work and efforts they have put into proving to themselves that their belief is based on truth. When they are unable to provide evidence to a non-believers question, they often revert to various misdirection techniques to avoid ever really having to answer the non-believers questions, such as name calling, saying the non-believer will go to hell for not believing, asking for proof that god does not exist, etc... anything that will allow them to step over the nonbelievers question.

Being a pursuer of truth, a problem I have is that creationist promote creationism as though it is proven and true. This is simply a lie and false advertisement. The idea that the universe was created by a deity has not been proven to be factual. However, creationist sell it as a fact. This is dishonest, and this dishonesty ends up discrediting creationists argument even further. I find that even the evidence for the big bang and evolution outweighs the creationist "magician in the sky" theory. Creationist discourage "reason and logic" by promoting and requiring members to have "faith - (believe without evidence)" in their theory to gain acceptance. In return, they promise life everlasting in Heaven. The reward is selling the theory, definitely not evidence.