Atheists: why exactly are you an atheist ?

The only way primitive religion exists today is through the child abuse of forcing it into very, very young children but thanks to better education and growing intellects so many teens are able to discover the truth, throw off the indoctrination and step into the real world!

So atheism is not a conscious decision or a belief but a realisation!

The first person to produce a single tiny little piece of verifiable evidence for any god will become world famous and mega rich!

Academia states that in the absence of any sort of evidence of the existence of something it must be deemed not to exist until verifiable evidence is found - thus god is held not to exist pending some sort of verifiable evidence.

The bible is what is called "Faction” A fictional story set in a factual time and place. Thus the time, place and real historical characters are all correct but the fictional characters and stories are not!

There is not one single mention of Jesus in the entire Roman record - that is right - not one! At the same time as he was supposed to have been around there were a number of Jews claiming to be the messiah - all of whom are well recorded!

There is not a single contemporary record from any source and even the bible mentions of him like all other references were not written until many years after his supposed death!

He was supposed to have been a huge problem to the Romans and produced wonderful miracles but still not one contemporary record?

Even the bible mentions of him like all other references were not written until many years after his supposed death!

Pilate is recorded in the Roman record as a somewhat lack luster man but no mention of a Jesus, a trial or crucifixion that would surely have been used to make him look brighter!

At best he was an amalgam of those others but almost certainly never existed!

Not one word of it is contemporary with the period and was not written until several hundred years after the period the story is set in!! How did the apostles write their books more than a hundred years after they would have been dead?

Christianity is an invention of the Italians and that is why it came from the Holy ROMAN Catholic church!

Please realize that those claims for the Old historians are worthless since they were not even born until long after everyone in the stories would have been so long dead!

Josephus AD 37 – AD 100

Tacitus AD 56 – AD 120

Suetonius - 69 – 130 AD

Pliny the Younger, 61 AD – 112 AD

Justin Martyr (Saint Justin) AD103–165 AD

Lucian - AD 120 -180 AD but he was hostile to Christianity and openly mocked it.

Pamphilius AD 240-309 AD

Eusebius AD 263 – 339 AD

Photius AD 877 – 886 AD

Thallus - But there are no actual record of him except a fragment of writing which mentions the sack of Troy [109 BC] Showing that he was clearly not alive in biblical times.

Some even try to use Seneca. 4 BCE – 65 CE but as a Stoic Philosopher he opposed religion yet made not a single mention of a Jesus or Christianity!

Even funnier is trying to claim Celsus AD ? – 177 AD Who said that Jesus was a Jew who’se mother was a poor Jewish girl whose husband, who was a carpenter, drove her away because of her adultery with a Roman soldier named Panthera. She gave birth to an illegitimate child named Jesus. In Egypt, Jesus became learned in sorcery and upon his return presented himself as a god.

Research shows whilst education reduces religious belief each year of further education reduces religious belief by up to 10%!

Also because of the terrible intolerance, hatred, bigotry, homophobia and persecution posted by Christians towards others not only drives people further away from God but is the reason so many DECENT people are becoming ANTI THEISTS!

C.  I'm well read on the bible's creation, context and background, I was raised in a mildly religious household, I never suffered unduly at the hands of religious people, and in my considerable experience and observation, self-proclaimed Christians live just as freely as they want, and simply "seek forgiveness" when they get caught.

It's about the evidence, child.  Lots of silly, clearly fictional stories, and not a single bit of credible evidence to support the idea of any god.  

Long term, extensive study of religion proved that no god can exist as depicted by any religion. Also proved that religion is man made to make the religious leaders rich, to control populations, and to make sure the clergy has lots of young bodies for sex.

I have studied religion throughly. (I am taking a class on systematic theology right now). I have been to rituals and read holy books of most of the world major religions. (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Wicca, Satanism, Mormonism etc). And I have a good education. (Two bachelor degrees with three minors). I also understand what evidence and the burden of proof are. As of now, there is no evidence for God. Plus I am honest.  

I actually looked into the many religions, faiths and disciplines as well as the many gods and found them all to be the creations of man. My parents did not chose to "indoctrinate" but to "educate" so that when I decided to chose I could do so intelligently.

Its because all gods are myths.

C.                                                    

G, H, or whatever we're up to now, None of the above. Magic cannot exist.

F) Searched for God and found him inside my own head and realized all religions are just manmade narratives of other pepole who found their own god inside therir own heads. History and human ignorance have twisted those narratives into lies......