Atheist in a Christian World

I am an atheist. I want to scream it from the rooftops, but that wouldn't go over too well, would it? The word has such a negative connotation. People think I am evil. They think atheists are devil worshippers. Why are people so afraid of someone who has different beliefs than they do? I understand why people believe in a god. I really do. It's comforting. It is nice to feel like things are out of your control and that there isn't anything that you can do to change it. I wish that I could feel that way sometimes. There are several things that I just don't understand about people who believe in a god. I think the first one would be why do you go to a hospital when you are sick. Why not go to church? When my kids are sick, the first thing I do is take them to the Dr. If I truly believed in a god, I would just pray to him, the all powerful, and he should be able to take care of the illness. I personally believe in science. I believe in medicine. Praying isn't going to make an infection go away, antibiotics do. I believe in evolution. I can't reconcile that one "man" made all of us. It doesn't make sense that when there was the great flood and Noah and his family built the ark and all of that story, then that would mean that we are all from Noah and his family since everything else was annihilated due to the flood, right? But there is a rainbow of colors that people coem in, so we all couldn't be decendants of Noah's now, could we?

An excuse for hate

Why do people use religion as an excuse to hate people? I try to accept everybody the way that they are, and not have any preconceived notions about them. I don't that somewho who is gay is innately evil. I don't think they are going to be cast away to hell and I don't think they need to live a life hidden away and lying about who they are or whatthey are. X religion believes that they are better than Y religion. They believe that their god is better than whatever the other believes in. Why can't people just accept that we all believe different things and we cn all be ok with that. Whatever people need to believe in order to get through the day works for them, it doesn't or shouldn't affect your belief. I do not feel threatened by people who have religious beliefs, and just becasue I am an atheist doesn't mean that I am going to try to convert you into not believing. If I ask questions, it just means I am curious. I like to try to understand why people believe what they believe. I try not to judge them though, and I am honest when I say I try... because sometimes it happens, sometimes I just wonder why, or how or sometimes I am confused or baffled. I think it is more me not understanding and being baffled rather than judging. It may be the same thing, I don't know. It isn't a conscience decision.