Atheism - a few questions

Andy @ Allerton · October 24, 2006

Where does it come from?

What's the driving force behind it?

Is it actually a rebelling against a higher power or rebelling against religion (Which may have been forced on the unwilling recepient) or rebelling against authority figures in general - including parents?

Can you seperate the lack of belief in relgion and a higher power - or do they go hand in hand?

One or two conversations I've had with atheists revolve around the lack of proof of a higher power (In their opinion) but isn't there a lack of proof that there isn't?

For someone to have made their mind up with certainty seems odd as it's clear the human race hasn't solved anything of its local affairs involving our planet and the people upon it - not to mention the resources therein - never mind the great unknowns of the rest of our known universe and the many things in it that we suspect - never mind the things in it which we haven't even begun to suspect even yet.

Every century that rolls along brings different ideas and perceptions and new realities that are beyond our grasp - and the more we learn - the more is out there.

I've met and talked to people in the belief of 'here and now' - although our world is a make-believe-one in the sense that society and the drives and the goals are transient and limited to a short space of when and where - we all know this - but it's still easy to think that here and now and this is all there is - which is what I find suprising - because it patently isn't..?

Would be interesting to see others ideas of where they came from - what ideas and ideals were formed and by who - what path this set you on and how much you have deviated one way or the other - how you would like your kids brought up - and if you actually believe in anything..?

Des · October 24, 2006

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