Atheism Information

There is nothing wrong with being an atheist. So, if you're thinking of being one, you're a great person as is. Religions have invested a lot of time, energy, and money into making people think that atheists are strange, untrustworthy, amoral, immoral, miscreants who live on the fringes of society. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our group of atheists is a group of kind, compassionate, intelligent, diverse, open-minded, welcoming individuals who believe in being good people, treating others with kindness, helping the less fortunate, loving their families and other people, and taking care of the planet. Not exactly a group of terrifying monsters. We have jobs, kids, hobbies, interests, and dreams. Religions have done a lot to try to label us as somehow inferior, but we're just people. If you're thinking that you might be an atheist, always remember that there's nothing wrong with you. You're just a person who doesn't believe in a god. No matter w...

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...

Religious people are afraid of atheists because atheists don't follow their program. Imagine having lived your whole life being indoctrinated with ideas related to following a religion and then having someone challenge the very core of who you think you are. It's probably really scary. When we ask religious people questions, even simple ones, we often get a visceral, angry reaction that comes from fear. Many religious people have been taught to be wary of outsiders or non-chosen people, to the point that they don't know how to relate to anyone outside their own group. This is a sad state of affairs because we're all people sharing the same planet, regardless of our beliefs or lack thereof. Why would any religion tell its followers to be suspicious of outsiders? As atheists, we're all too familiar with being viewed as strange, untrustworthy, immoral, amoral, heathen people. Religions do this because they have a lot to lose if their followers don't believe their...

As atheists who are continuous learners, we are constantly trying to expand our understanding of religion and its followers. We value critical thinking and discovering the truth, so here are some questions we have for religious people: What measurable, verifiable, scientific evidence do you have for the proof of god? Other than a god, what other things do you believe in on faith? In what ways would you still be a moral person if a god was not watching you? What are the reasons you rely on science for most of your choices in life but not when dealing with god? What are the reasons you can believe in something as extraordinary as a god with no measurable, verifiable evidence? What other decisions do you make in life without evidence? What is it about you as a person that needs a god? What do you say about believing in a religion where you would have to hate your own child if he/she did not want to be religious like you? In what ways do your personal views differ from your relig...

Special pleading for the existence of a god is a common argument religious people employ when atheists ask for proof of the existence of god. It goes something like this: Question from Atheist Without using a holy book, references to the supernatural, or personal experience, how do you prove the existence of god? Common Answer from Religious Person You can't use the scientific method to prove the existence of god, he's beyond human understanding, beyond science, beyond everything, you just have to have faith. Please note the religious person does not provide any proof of god, just an argument about how the rules don't apply to their god. What atheists find nonsensical is that religious people rely on scientific evidence to make most of the decisions in their lives, from the weather to medical care to the houses and cars they buy, but in the case of god, verifiable evidence doesn't apply. Why is it that we need to make an exception for god but not for everything ...