What Does Atheism Offer?

This is inspired by DPRJones' recent video asking what atheism offers, and whether or not atheism always makes people happier.

I think we're missing the point when we try to sell people atheism, and we're doubly missing the point when we sell it based on the idea that it will make them happier.

His video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWkLaT-j9Dc

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Education

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• What
• Does
• Atheism
• Offer

[Jonstern1983]

What is the affect of religion? "To make one half of the world fools and the other half hypocrites."-- Thomas Jefferson.

[infideluxe]

@DanPrinMan

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. ~Philip K. Dick

[FreeBornJohn1600s]

you're a an idiot. there are a lot of educated middle class idiots like you. i hope you find out one day how wrong you are.

[Charlieroxs13]

If you believe in god you have a 50% chance of going to hell or not existing at all. If you don't believe then you have a 50% chance of going to hell or not existing at all. I believe god is a delusion for peace after death

[cprincee]

i was born a christian penticostal to be specific then i went to a catholic highschool and learned world religion which fucked me up and i turned atheist. After reading the REAL bible with all 88 books not 66 like most king james editions and reading the qua-ran and leaning more about my self as a black male i couldn't help but shed the athiest title and become a follower of GOD. This was my experience and how i came to believe, with some help from C.S Lewis.

[curemymind]

freedom from a crazy illusion :|... take your pick...

[sheikhylian]

@mrcooldude964 And as always, the facts are against your claim. But I know you aren't able to comprehend this so I'm just going to answer your question.

I would choose atheism because... well, who the heck would choose heaven? A place where you wouldn't be your current self, you'd have no more thinking to do because you're in a "perfect" place where you are "perfect" and it's boring as hell. Your God is stupid. I hope you understand one day what I mean by that. Fear is keeping you from truth.

[mrcooldude964]

what does atheism have to offer? deception and eternal damnation

what does jesus have to offer? eternal life in paradise

(freewill) you chose where youll be for eternity not god, thats why he gave us free will.

jesus is the way to heaven. will you chose heaven or atheism?

[tcsam9202]

Atheism offers me two very important things. 1) It allows me to be responsible to myself for my actions and responsible for the consequences. 2) Sundays off.

[AtheismKills]

Does atheism offer coffee? Or is coffee too theistic?

[infideluxe]

@moali68

"How do atheist know that what they have is the "truth"?"

They don't claim to have "the truth." They just don't believe in god(s).

"How can you say that their is no God with 100% certainty?"

We don't. We just don't believe there is.

"If anything the laws of the universe, science, math, physics, etc. all point to a creator"

This is a baseless assertion for which you have no evidence.

You have trouble understanding that atheists don't pretend to have answers. Religion does.

[moali68]

How do atheist know that what they have is the "truth"? How can you say that their is no God with 100% certainty? The truth is that you can't. If anything the laws of the universe, science, math, physics, etc. all point to a creator, even the big bang points to a creator. Believing that nothing exploded into something as vast as the universe (13 billion light years across) sounds a lot like faith if you ask me.