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[Andromeda18_]

Wow! A true atheist. Most people I run into are more agnostic than atheist. If you don't mind me asking, what happened in your life to make you believe there is no higher force? Most people I know just choose not to believe because they haven't seen any irrefutable evidence.

Sorry for shanghaiing this thread. Religious beliefs are something that really interest me. For those that don't know, an atheist is someone who believes that God DOESN'T exist. Agnostics are a bit more wishy washy in that they don't believe in god outright but they do concede there is a possibility of some higher being.

Honestly? Nothing happened. I just don't believe in God or saints or whatever. I don't put aside the existence of ghosts and that sort of thing but I don't perceive them as something spiritual and religious but as some form of energy. I was raised in a Catholic family and I even taught Sunday school but the truth is I never believed in any of it. It doesn't mean anything to me. In fact, not only do I not believe in some higher force but I couldn't care less if it really existed. So what if there was some higher being? Why should I worship it? At most I'd think it would be cool, a being with actual powers. The truth is that, to me, God is something human beings made up in order to explain what is (for now) inexplicable and something they can hold on to in times of need, that gives them hope. I have no such need, never had and believe me I've been through some harsh times, even a near death situation.
I don't however, try to force my beliefs on others, if people chose to believe in God then so be it.

My brother is an atheist and just like Andromeda18, he's also very scientific, likes to know how things work, and can record loads of facts in his brain. He's read tons of books from any type of genre. He's double majoring in english and biology.. kinda weird to me, but cool. From my understanding, he's an atheist because he has not seen any scientific proof that God exists.

I bet that if I knew your brother we'd get along just fine. It seems to me we're very alike.