Discussion Is everyone here an atheist?

[Suidice]

Is everyone here an atheist? Since suicide is a sin in most religions.

 

[martyrdom]

I doubt it. A lot of people who have come to seriously contemplate suicide have lost any kind of faith in a benevolent higher power (usually for good reasons) but it being a sin, like many things considered sins, can be debated and contemplated endlessly.

 

[thaelyana]

I became an atheist the day I talked to a religious person who told me that God knows exactly what our future will be, yet still punishes us if we make a mistake. So… you don't actually have free will, God already knows everything you're going to do, but He still sends you to hell for something that was basically pre-planned . And on top of that, He's the one who gives you life. At that moment, I was talking to him about suicide, and his logic completely lost me.

 

[whywere]

NOPE. I believe in GOD.

I do NOT believe in organized religion of any type, as it is man made by someone who wants to dictate to others what they think and/or believe.

Everyone is smart and everyone can make their own minds and decisions up and one does not have to go to a building and have someone else tell you how to live or think, nope never.

Walter

 

[sizzurp]

NOPE. I believe in GOD.

I do NOT believe in organized religion of any type, as it is man made by someone who wants to dictate to others what they think and/or believe.

Everyone is smart and everyone can make their own minds and decisions up and one does not have to go to a building and have someone else tell you how to live or think, nope never.

Walter

thanks for your input walter

 

[asaṅkhata]

No. But I reject bourgeois religiosity that tries to impose it's own moral values on god.

 

[NearlyIrrelevantCake]

I'm a LaVeyan Satanist, which is an atheistic flavor of Satanism. There is no supernatural bullshit to be found in my practices, no belief in any higher power--only belief in myself. The Satanic Bible condones suicide if one is suffering so much that death will release them from that pain.

 

[Forveleth]

There are plenty of religious people on this site. Even though suicide is considered a sin it foes not prevent people from being depressed and suicidal.

 

[Macedonian1987]

I believe in God because i've read 1000s of NDE stories in the last 10 years. After reading all those stories im sure that there is a God and i strongly believe that God does not hate atheists.
I hope he will be able to forgive me my suicide. I tried to make this life work, but i failed. Im just to dumb and weak person.

 

[AntarusDragon]

I believe in God because i've read 1000s of NDE stories in the last 10 years. After reading all those stories im sure that there is a God and i strongly believe that God does not hate atheists.
I hope he will be able to forgive me my suicide. I tried to make this life work, but i failed. Im just to dumb and weak person.

You are not alone my friend.

 

[PI3.14]

I was raised in a religious household, but became an atheist at 19-20.

My decision came after watching so many debates, mostly concerning Thomas Aquinas 5 ways.

 

[Gonk]

Could be good survey question... Regardless, counter question could be, what makes me to stop me committing a sin? In most religion, the God is like a dictator of all aspects unlike real life dictators, he tries to prevent rebellion... Then I would rebel anyways, just to see how far I can go as a protest. Well... Fortunately this is not a case no longer, I do think scientifically there must be an explanation of some sort of force, matter or a thing that caused us to exist, but not in a holy, biblical way.

 

[Arvayn]

I'm an agnostic materialist, which means that I do not think there exist any forces other than physical ones, and I operate under this assumption. BUT, I am not opposed to the idea of an extra-physical force potentially being a thing, and recognize that it very well could be a reality.
As somebody who studies theology and metaphysics on the semi-regular, a lot of religion actually comes down to understanding the historical and anthropological contexts of the time its texts were written, as well as recognizing the fact that the way various concepts are defined within texts are entirely alien to the way that they're defined nowadays (for example, in Abrahamic faiths, the idea of 'goodness' is measured by the degree of your alignment with God, not by ethics or compassion; this is why God can get away with commanding genocides and rapes and still remain a perfectly good being.) Then again, I'm probably not the target audience for this question because I'm neither depressed nor suicidal... >.>

Anyway, afterlife plans for me:

Plan A - Heaven is real and I am turned into metaphorical divine compost. Not happening, as I am too much of a sinner.
Plan B - Hell is real and AAHHHHH OH GOD OH FUCK FUCK FUUCK AAAHHHH SOMEONE HELP ME
Plan C - Plot twist, neither Heaven nor Hell are real, it's only Sheol and Gehenna! (I'm probably going to Sheol, which is basically spiritual stillness/limbo)
Plan D - Plan C, but I somehow pull an Elisha/Enoch, achieve apotheosis and become an angel. Hopefully won't happen, seeing as I quite enjoy my free will...
Plan E - I become a ghost and can just dick around haunting people in the mortal world. This is the ideal scenario.
Plan F - There is no afterlife and

 

[rustcohle4life]

Agnostic here. I think organized religion is a man made scam. Otherwise i don't know what to make of it.

 

[bluegodism]

i am a panentheist.

 

[Forever Sleep]

We have a mix here I think:

Poll: Are you religious?

Which religion do you belong to (if any), and how do you reason your thoughts of suicide with your religion? I am Catholic and my suicide thoughts conflict a lot with my religion because it means the rejection of life itself. I kind of see it on the same level as murder (same rejection of...

sanctioned-suicide.net

Maybe a majority of members are atheist. I tend to get that impression. But, by no means all.

I'm really unsure myself. I wish I was an atheist in truth. It frightens me to think there might be a God/ intention behind all this.