Did you choose to be an atheist? Can one choose to be an atheist? [Spirituality & Religion]

@PiecingBabyFaceTogether

How do you choose?

@Pikachu You stop following the crowd and have the courage to make your own choices. It's different for each individual but I'm just done with religion because we really can't have all the answers, it's ignorant to pretend that you have all the answers, I am not scared to admit that I don't have all the answers, nobody does actually. I came from a Muslim background so yea that's just my experience and I'm glad that I became what I am now.

@PiecingBabyFaceTogether


Well i can certainly respect the choice to remove yourself from a religion that you didn't want to be a part of, but do you choose whether or not you believe in god or is belief/disbelief just something that happens?

@Pikachu At first I saw God as someone who lost all control on his creations, If he does exist then he's an a--hole and if he doesn't then it makes no difference. It probably just happens, you can't believe in something you are not sure about. It's like a trigger once it's clicked you just stop believing.

@PiecingBabyFaceTogether


That's kinda how i feel about it too. It's a reaction to stimulus. In this case, finding the story to be bullshit lol

@PiecingBabyFaceTogether you can be both an atheist and an agnostic. They’re not mutually exclusive positions. There’s likely little difference between your beilefs and my own, yet I would fit the definition of both atheist and agnostic. Perhaps you would too. Worth exploring.

@SW-User

I think the only kind of atheist a thinking person can be is agnostic.

@Pikachu I’d agree. I think that the term “atheist” is misunderstood by a lot of people, and that many of those who idenfty as agnostic would also be atheist.

It’s not like atheists pretend to know what is true; in fact, quite the opposite.

@SW-User I just look at it as labels and even in Atheism some do label it. I just don't like the idea of labels as much as I don't like the idea of religion. All labels are stupid because they can be used to cause more harm than good.