I Am An Atheist

I am an anti-theistic agnostic atheist and a skeptic and I do not believe in a god or gods.

Theists seem to believe their god is an elderly white haired man with a beard sitting on a cloud and I believe that is completely ludicrous but that is what religious art work has portrayed for hundreds of years. Millions of them believe that kindly looking gentleman created the universe about 5000 years ago.

There may have been a force that played a part in the creation of the universe and everything in it.

There may have been, but I don't know so I am not going to worry about it.

There are far, far more things in this universe that I will never understand than things that I will. I am still trying to grasp the concept of a "Multi-verse".

If a "force" does exist that created the universe it would be a force that is so far beyond our comprehension that we have neither the language to describe it nor the intelligence to understand it.

Yet theists talk about "God's will" as if they not only understand this force but they also know what it is thinking. They are saying "We can read the mind of a force that created the universe". They can read their god's mind but have difficulty balancing their cheque book.

If that force does exist, is "create" even the correct term, or are theists simply reducing the process to something they can grasp, something they are not afraid of.

Theists like to use words like "Create", "Holy", "God", words that they can understand, that they can wrap their minds around, that they can picture in their imagination. Rather than just accepting there are things in this universe they can't comprehend, theists have reduced this possible "force" to something they can.

An old man, sitting on a cloud.

Theists can understand that image.

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MrX2017 · 51-55, M

First of all, no one knows exactly what God looks like, so he might look much younger, with no beard. Secondly, despite depictions of God in art, I doubt that he sits on clouds. I believe that God created man in his own image and in the bible. One thing is for sure, in the not too distant future, you're going to meet him.

lostcanadian · 70-79, M

How do you know no one knows what their god looks like? That is a self defeating statement. Have you asked everyone who believes in a god what he/she/it looks like?
If you have, and that's highly unlikely, do you have an image to compare their belief with to determine the veracity of their claim? If you do have an image then you know what your god looks like and you can't say "no one knows exactly what God looks like" because you do.
Your next two statements simply express beliefs you have and it's fine to have beliefs as long as they are recognized simply as "beliefs", not facts, and you don't try to shove them down other peoples throats.
Your final statement is phrased as a fact. You state, that I am soon going to meet your god. Do you have any evidence that this meeting will occur? I hope the evidence is more than a book that nobody knows who wrote or when it was written and the contents of which were translated numerous time and then massaged in AD 325, when Constantine the Great called the First Council of Nicaea and over 300 religious leaders bartered and argued about what it should say.

MrX2017 · 51-55, M

I try not to shove anything down anyone's throat. I do believe that since God didn't even show himself from the front to Moses, I highly doubt that he displayed his appearance to anyone else. As for my final statement, I don't need a book or the contents of a test tube, my heart and soul tells me that upon death you will be standing tall before the Man. What happens to you after that, is entirely up to him.

lostcanadian · 70-79, M

@Lewis47: I wish you all the luck in the world.

MrX2017 · 51-55, M

@lostcanadian: Thank you. In all honesty, I wish you well both now and whatever you think happens in the hereafter.