Have you ever met an atheist that was happy to be one?

[destrekor]

im a happy athiest too 🙂
and i can say 'there is no god' and be happy saying it. to religious people that may sound like a sad statement, but we are simply reflecting upon our inner beliefs in saying that, and thus are saying it with pride. agnostics are the ones that say it and are confused and saddened, or it can be said in a said manner when something serious happens and to some, a god would have prevented, but since one didn't, that phrase is often said.

my positive way of presenting the athiest belief?

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
sure, I believe in the unending potential of your inner being. While humanity and individual humans themselves have the power and capacity to perpetrate great evil, they also possess the knowledge, creativity, and often the will to make the world in which they live a more harmonious and compassionate place.
Rather than blame disaster and death on a mysterious plan by an unseen god, i accept it as the natural force of balance and the perpetuation of a system that is working the only way it can. I accept that i am a part of that system. and i accept that i always will be, even after death and after sentient consciousness my body will simply be even more connected and dispered within the larger organism of which it has always been a part.

i suppose that is more "at peace" than "happy" perse, but i work with a christian who is constantly "happy" and i'd rather live without having to tak lithium everyday, thank you.

that's how. that sums up my beliefs. except for me, I find happiness in the belief that we are a being of unlimited potential that will one day have the power to make or destroy all life as we know it. why do I find happiness in such a cold view on life? Because I enjoy living a life in which our mind is the ultimate power to alter the universe as well please, as well as for the fact that life is not simply a creation of some singular being in which we all answer to and constantly try to make peace with.

now, i don't take offense when I am outnumbered in my beliefs with religious zealots surrounding me. but when I am preached too, I am offended as it is trampling on my freedoms to NOT have my beliefs oppressed to be replaced with a more favorable belief. i respect the beliefs of others and only enter my beliefs into conversation when it is appropriate and acceptable, i.e., a friendly debate.

 

[alien42]

Originally posted by: Howard
You make me angry simply by existing.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
I havent. Most of them are upset, grumpy and overall seem to be disatisfied with the fact that to them "there is no God". Thats pretty sad.

Yes, some are upset and disaffected against those who have faith, but come on already. Dont they realize smiles are contagious? 🙂

There is no God to many people who aren't atheists as well, and I expect some of those people might be happy too.

Don't throw around the term God like the Christian one is the one and only when it comes to religion.
I am an atheist not because I don't believe in God, but because I don't believe in ANY gods.

Thats true, in fact its one of the commandments: "I am the Lord your God and you shall have no other gods before Me."

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: Legendary
I'm a happy atheist.
I don't care when people talk about God, or even when people talk about God with me - I just don't like people talking about God TO me.

Hmmm. I usually just say Im Catholic if someones trying to evangilize. But otherwise I have yet to meet a pushy person trying to tell me about God.

But I have heard pushy atheists on the radio trying to tell me "oh theres no God" and "why do people believe in that?". Im not going to name names (yet) but this national figure then turns around and praises and thanks God for this and that. He wants it both ways. He is so confusing.

Oh what the heck - its Howard Stern. :shocked:

btw, when someone uses a phrase like 'thank god for blah' and 'thank the lord' and etc, etc, etc... its a phrase accepted in our culture as simply being and exclamation of singular meaning. it does not represent belief in a diety, but rather simply a universal phrase.
i catch myself before I say it sometimes, simply to prevent confusion of others and to unassociate myself with the religious folk. I like people being aware of what I am without actually preaching anything. it can almost be considered a defining factor.

 

[rbV5]

Seems like typical, judgemental, hypocracy...just as I would expect from faux religious types.

 

[mattocs]

i'm agnostic. I am very happy. If I lead a good life, all will be well. If there is a god and hes not an assh0le, then I should be good. If there isn't a god, I still lead a great meaningful life.

 

[CKent]

Aren't the 3 or 4 current religion flame threads enough? Are you making your own for the attention?

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat

Originally posted by: Legendary
I'm a happy atheist.
I don't care when people talk about God, or even when people talk about God with me - I just don't like people talking about God TO me.

Hmmm. I usually just say Im Catholic if someones trying to evangilize. But otherwise I have yet to meet a pushy person trying to tell me about God.

But I have heard pushy atheists on the radio trying to tell me "oh theres no God" and "why do people believe in that?". Im not going to name names (yet) but this national figure then turns around and praises and thanks God for this and that. He wants it both ways. He is so confusing.

Oh what the heck - its Howard Stern. :shocked:

btw, when someone uses a phrase like 'thank god for blah' and 'thank the lord' and etc, etc, etc... its a phrase accepted in our culture as simply being and exclamation of singular meaning. it does not represent belief in a diety, but rather simply a universal phrase.
i catch myself before I say it sometimes, simply to prevent confusion of others and to unassociate myself with the religious folk. I like people being aware of what I am without actually preaching anything. it can almost be considered a defining factor.

I dont think so. To thank God is to thank God, period. And, theres more that he says that seems like he wants it both ways, and he happens (or claims) to be a Jew.