"He who decides a case without hearing the other
side, even if he decides justly, cannot be considered
just" -- Seneca

What is an Atheist?
An atheist is a person who does not believe that
any gods exist.

Why don't you believe in God?
There is simply no more evidence for Jehovah than
there is for Zeus. Christians find no reason to
believe that Zeus exists, so they do not believe in
him. For the same reason, I do not believe in
Jehova. God himself is more than welcome to share
an honest conversation with me. Until he does, I
have no reason to trust that anyone is a reliable
spokesman for any god.

Don't you want to go to heaven?
I do not believe there is a heaven. But even if a real
heaven did exist, and for some reason a god chose
who went and who didn't, if that god is a good and
noble being he will judge me for my value as a
human being, and not for my belief in him.

How can you turn your back on true happiness?

I cannot imagine being happier than I have been
already. I live a very spiritual, fulfilling life, and am
filled with an abiding love of being and thinking. I
find love, reason and a practical, humble approach
to life to be more than enough for me.


How can you trust sinful humans, ignoring all
the good god does?

It offends me that an invisible god is given credit for
every good thing that happens in the world, while
every evil is blamed on humanity. There is much
evil in the world that is not the fault of human
beings, such as ignorance and disease and
droughts, and most of the things that are good are
entirely the product of human love, effort or
genius, such as friendship and vaccines and even
irrigation pipes.
Not all human beings are evil. We all possess great
potential for good. Yet a god could do so much
good in the world that is not being done, such as
warning innocent children when to stay away from
danger, or preventing too many people from being
born, or turning all the weapons in the world into
flowers. Surely a loving god would do these things,
and more, just as any wise and compassionate
human being would if they had the means.
And so, when a doctor saves someone's life, we
truly owe our thanks to the doctor, and the society
that made her education possible. It is insulting to
both when a god is thanked for something that he
could have done himself but didn't. If a loving god
really existed, we would not need doctors in the
first place.


If there is no god, then where do you think the
universe came from?

I do not even know if the universe had a beginning,
much less what may have started it. No one knows.
Inventing a god to do the creating only leaves open
the question of where that god came from.