Atheist And Faith

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Atheist or To Have Faith We have always wondered about how everything in this universe was created or how we humans came to be. We humans have come up with explanations to these answers, but each explanation differs from one to another. These explanations are called religions. Each religion has its own story and creator/creators. These religions only contain stories on what happened but there is little to no actual facts if what these religions tell us is true or not. So because of this, many religious people have relied on faith. While people like me have questioned if there is a creator and have decided that there is no creator. These people are called Atheists and I consider myself to be one. I have come to be an Atheist because there is …show more content…
So because of this God should only create perfect things. We see in the real world that nothing is perfect. Everything has imperfections. If the world was perfect then we wouldn 't be faced with so many natural disasters. The world would never get too cold nor to hot that it kills off the majority of life on earth. A perfect world would always have perfect weather and would always be in a perfect state. It obviously never has been either of these. Humans are filled of imperfections, the fact that there 's so much war is one. We can’t even figure out which form of religion is the right one, the one with all the right beliefs. Evil is also an imperfection that is present in reality. God is supposed to be an all caring being, yet there 's evil in his creation. If God was all caring, evil would have been wiped out from existence a very long time ago. God is also supposed to be everywhere at any given time. If God was all caring and omnipresent, God should be able to stop anything bad that happens in this universe at any given time. As we can see, every time something bad happens and it 's not stopped. We can conclude that God was there but didn 't care enough to stop it. Therefore God isn 't as all caring as it’s said in religious books. If God wasn 't there to see it then God …show more content…
If there is only one truth, then why do religions differ so wildly. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all claim that there is one God but in Buddhism people can believe in as many Gods as they please to. Religions also differ in the afterlife. Buddhism and Hinduism both claim that we humans will be reincarnated in a cycle called the Samsara doctrine of cycle existence. While Christians and Muslims believe you either end up in a place full of evil to punish you or a place of peace as God’s reward for carrying out a good life. Religions like Christianity and Judaism also differ in Messiah. Christians consider Jesus Christ as the Messiah while Jews believe he was a good teacher but not the Messiah. So why is it that these religions differ so much? Rationally only one of these religions can be

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