What Causes Someone to Become an Atheist
We're often asked what causes someone to become an atheist. While the answers are varied, we've come up with the ones we've heard most often: You Care about Finding the Truth Faith is not a reliable path to the truth because you can basically believe in anything based on faith. You could literally make up a god right now and believe in it on faith. People who care about finding the actual truth use critical thinking and science to find answers about the world around them instead of relying on what a supernatural being or religious leader tells them is true. Atheists find truth through asking questions, reviewing the evidence, and making decisions based on reality. Cognitive Dissonance Cognitive dissonance is the discomfort caused by thinking one thing but doing another. Religions often demand that people believe things with no evidence. They ask their followers to agree with contradictory ideas or concepts that are irrational. People will sometimes be asked to go ag...