In my personal opinion, many people are giving atheism a bad name. And it does not surprise me with all the constant bashing of religion.

I'm past caring with the whole atheism thing. Its become more of a label that people use to make them feel intelligent, when in reality, a lot of atheists don't know what their talking about. Especially the ones that think that the whole point of atheism is just to bash those who are religious. I'm not applying it to all atheists, i know that there are a lot of intelligent atheists, and i admire them for staying true to what atheism is. But there are still some things i disagree with.

I have my own set of beliefs, not because they were hammered into my head from birth by my parents, but because i came to my own conclusions through thinking. But when comparing my beliefs to the key aspects of atheism, i am not really an atheist at all, i am far from it in fact. I'm not going to go into my beliefs, because they simply remain as beliefs. Many people go ahead and try to criticize peoples beliefs and ask why people can believe in what they do. But at the end of the day, why can't some people just be left alone to believe in what they want to believe? Many people who are apart of the atheist community try and force their view on peoples particular belief in order to try and show them what they believe to be the truth. Of course, in some cases it is the truth, but not always. Some people can't seem to realize that people want to figure things out for themselves rather than have it rammed down their throat. Anyways, whats wrong with having a set of beliefs that may not be provable yet? I'm not forcing them on you, so why should you make it your goal to try and force your beliefs onto me if you yourself have no evidence to backup your claims?

If a certain belief brings me happiness, is it any wonder that i wouldn't want you attacking them. I could ask a simple question "do you believe in life after death?". Instead of a simple answer of "no, i don't believe that" i would likely get a reply which contains a full criticism. All i asked was a question, i was forcing nothing onto the individual.

When it comes to Christianity, i am so sick of the same old Atheist arguments, for example when they reference the bible with either a contradictive section or even a violent part and ask why Christians can believe in that. At the end of the day, there are only a small percentage of die hard Christians out there, and just because they wear the Christianity label, it does not mean that they believe in everything that Christianity. Look at the way things are today, the majority of Christians are hardly true Christians. I think the whole core of the religion has changed over time with society. And i think that theres nothing wrong with believing in a God. Maybe people should accept the truth, but whats wrong with having a set of beliefs that make you happy?

To be honest with you, i don't know what to believe in this world now, its so damn crazy there is no surprise that religion is around. I'm definitely more of an agnostic now, simply because the idea of a higher power to me is interesting. You can tell me the unlikeliness of it, you can even tell me how you don't believe in it, but it won't stop me from believing that there is a possibility of there being one. I can't prove it, and you cannot disprove it, you can only give me a logical answer based on what we know as of yet. We don't know what we may discover in the future, so i think that a logical answer based on the unlikeliness is a bit invalid. I have my own reasons for believing in what i believe.

And thats why i'm not an atheist. What about you guys out there?