Tag: ask an atheist

Just about everybody believes in lots of things (and just how boring do you have to get to get by in life without believing in anything?) so the fast answer is, atheists believe in things too.

Which God did you have in mind? The framing of the question contrasts the different view the believer tends to have compared to how an atheist or agnostic approaches the subject.

The first is a general philosophical one, does there need to be a creator in the first place?

Which god did you have in mind? The framing of the question contrasts the different view the believer tends to have compared to how an atheist or agnostic approaches the subject.

Do you have a conscience? If so, where does it come from? Do you believe in universal reciprocity? (Why/why not?)

Overall there are maybe 10-15 percent of the population who are atheist. However, since most people in the U.S (and elsewhere) have some form of religion, demographically most atheists had non-secular backgrounds, and certainly many atheists were formerly very intense believers

Technically, the world is headed towards the constellation Hercules at about 20,000 mph, dragged along as the sun goes on its merry way, but I suppose that isn't quite what the questioner had in mind.