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Haven seen both sides of the debate, studied both sides, and knowing family on both sides. I would say it like this:
1) Some say they are atheists, but when you speak to them they actually aren't, and instead they had something major happen in their life to cause them to hate God, and so out of spite they tell...
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Best answer: Haven seen both sides of the debate, studied both sides, and knowing family on both sides. I would say it like this:
1) Some say they are atheists, but when you speak to them they actually aren't, and instead they had something major happen in their life to cause them to hate God, and so out of spite they tell people they don't believe in him, but they actually do.
2) Some grew up atheist, just as many religious people grow up religious, and never researched or studied other views in depth, and so they simply stick with what they know.
3) Some don't like what any mainstream religion teaches, and so my stay or become atheist by default.
4) Some lump religion into the category of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and such, and often don't feel that there is a logical reason to study research and study opposing view.
5) Some atheists where of a religious belief, but the belief didn't fit their concepts on things, and so they opted to become a atheist.
In reality there is no great evidence that God doesn't exist. Many prominent well known atheists change can't answer how did DNA originated without evoking intelligent design. The math simply doesn't add up, that DNA was random. So you are left with things like, aliens made DNA, which then was seeded on earth, but then where did the alien DNA come from? Normally if you keep asking the question, you get to a point, where there are no testable answers. It takes more faith to believe that DNA formed without intelligence, than it does to believe that an intelligence made it. Watch the documentary called evolutions-achilles-heels available through Amazon, and or read the evidence DNA wasn't from a bunch of chemicals bumping into each other on creation dot com it may change your viewpoint, but even if it doesn't you will be able to have a better opposing viewpoint to stand on an atheistic viewpoint.
Anyone who doesn't research the opposing view are not considering opposing evidence, and by virtue of not looking at opposing information, are not researching or studying things from a scientific perspective. I know of no scientific method that allows for the automatic dismissal or throwing out of information without researching the available evidence. There are also great documentaries that are often not known about, to be considered, for example the proven archeological evidence showing the Hebrew exodus event took place, as was there was evidence for the plagues at the same time, both discussed in the bible, and demonstrated in the
patternsofevidence dot com.