I believe that no God exists because of the Bible with all of its absurdities and condemnations to death of so many people : babies (1st born of Egypt); the Flood (all life on earth except a few) ; cities burned to the ground; LGBTQ persons; etc.

The question is stupid. Are you?

It's more about there isn't anything that naturally compels me to think there is a god, from a rational standpoint. People get caught up with saying, "Oh well, you can't prove there isn't a god, therefore one might exist." That argument is irrelevant in that since it's impossible to prove there is a god, I don't have to go out of my way to prove there isn't one. The burden of proof is upon the believer since the idea of a god is something you came up with on your own. Instead of coming up with reasons why there isn't or can't be one, I don't have to waste my time on that because at the end of the day if you are making the claim that there is a god I don't have to do anything on my part to disprove that because there is no way you will ever be able to present any evidence that there is one. Simple. Believing in god isn't a natural or organic revelation that just spontaneously occurs among people, it is taught, handed down, from early childhood before the individual even has a chance to construct their own logical, rational conclusions.

There is absolutely no physical or emperical evidence of a god, I am a man ruled by logic and logic has no room for a magic man in the sky.

Lack of evidence and since I was tried to be brainwashed by the Christian bible, there is no way that God exist! He's petty and just ridiculous.

Knowing something of the History of stories that existed prior to the Bible that were then included with names changed but the story intact is one. Another thing is the ridiculous premise of so many things in the bible and other religius texts that one knows that in no way are certain things even plausible and then there is the evidence in both religious texts and archaelogical that point to possible alien intervention which seems far more logical to me than some omnipotent god.

While I agree that nontheism is somewhat belief based, it’s also scientifically based, and in my opinion moreso.

I don't see any existence of deity in the first place... Burden of proof lies with those who believe. If someone tells you that they have an invisible friend they talk to but no one else sees, would you believe it's there? Unless that person provides evidence ( maybe a brain tumor?) Then sure. Otherwise, nope

There's a quote, "the world behaves just like it would if there were no god", or something to that effect. But maybe I'm not technically a full-on atheist. I just think it fits better than agnostic. Because the existence of supernatural magical beings that I have to believe in so that they become real to me is just a bridge too far. Also, the supercomputer that keeps up with every human thought or act for millions of years (or thousands), just no. I do have a vague concept of redemption. Meaning something bigger than us absolves us of most of our petty misdeeds. This is something I feel, so I guess it's fair to say I "believe in" it. I also feel, in much the same way, that we are accountable to something. I just don't think we are any good at identifying or naming whatever this is. And as soon as this thing starts enumerating rules, I'm like, no. That's something people are doing and saying it's from a deity. I'm more than ok with there being a mystery. With not being certain of everything. But I'm certain there's no sky daddy breathing down my neck. You can't prove a negative, but it just makes logical sense to me.

Is not that I believe there is no gods what makes me an atheist. Is that I haven't found a reason to believe there are gods.

I don’t have a problem to acknowledge a God existing, but these ones described written y man, there is no way those Gods exist. If a God today proves to me he was real then I would acknowledge his existence. I just don’t see no point in living your life according to what is written down in a book by a bunch of Bronze Age people, filled with Bronze Age rules when you could just be enjoying the only life you may only possibly have.

Somehow this tends to get conflated when the subject is God. If you put it in perspective though, I don't believe in fairies or unicorns either. Could they exist? I suppose. But so far I have no reason to even entertain their existence. Likewise, I haven't seen a single shred of anything I'd consider evidence for God's existence. Thus, I don't need to be conflicted about whether or not there's some possibility such a being might exist or something.

What makes you believe Harry Potter doesn't exist?
Or Unicorns?
Ooh I like unicorns.

Occam's Razor. The simplest answer is usually the correct one. The theistic answer involves a supreme being (That comes from where?) that looks us over all the time, who has a plan, while we have free will. That conveniently doesn't actually show up anymore. If you look at all that, and compare it to the idea that life evolved, you realize that life evolving is a more probable and simpler answer.

I am an atheist because i don't belief a god exist. Who came up with the concept anyways? I'm not agnostic because I also don't believe in dragons fairies, slender man, big foot or anything else that makes no sense. Are you an agnostic of those claims as well or do you not think about it? what about the claims you haven't heard yet? are you Agnostic towards claims you haven't heard?

Never seen one. Never heard from one. No evidence to support the existence thereof. World will be gone in 4.5 billion years...what happens to a so called god then?

I grew up in the Episcopal church with parents who nominally believed. We would have dinner table discussions about anything and everything but you had better be able to defend your position. It was also a gift that both of my parents admitted they were wrong which was huge when I grew up and saw how unusual that was. We were raised to read, to learn, to observe and to question. We were taught how to take care of ourselves in the bush and to take care of the bush.

With this background, religion and it's "Because I said so." type of background never really had a chance.

I like to think of agnosticism as a 'cowardly atheist.' Not as an insult but as you already realize, there really is no evidence for any of the nonsense that has been around for millenia. Do you say agnostic because of fear "what if they're right?" There is no other comprehensible reason I can think of to waste any more time being concerned with the whole idea.Certainly if such a deity existed it would- being so egotistical- be doing a speaking tour that would make Trump look humble!

the simple fact the supposed Deity has to be believed in is the answer in it self !

all that HAS to be believed IS false, if it can't be KNOWN, then it can't EXIST !

the correct definition of belief is the Act of Pretending that Pretending can be MORE then Pretending .

ALL Abrahamic Literalist Interpretations of the Writings they Call RELIGIONS are based on the FALSE concepts of

All that is Written is True\

That True Belief in God CREATES God !

this IS all 7 year old little girl magic " if we all sit in a circle and pretend REAL hard, it'll come true"

I can't categorically deny that a god (or gods) created the universe and seeded it with life. But when I see a child born with terminal leukaemia, that isn't 'working in mysterious ways', that's not existing, not caring, or no longer having influence.

I can see no evidence of god, just a few things that science can't adequately explain (which would be true of 'why the sun rises and sets' back in the day) that can conveniently be attributed to external intelligent influence. I see plenty of evidence that there is no benevolent god, and that in all probability, any creator that might have had influence long since abandoned this project and moved on to better things. For all intents and purposes, a god that no longer cares is no god at all. Hence, from a practical perspective, I believe there is no god.

The same reasoning that tells me that Santa Claus doesn't exist

Hemorrhoids at 3 in the morning.

I would like to better understand how you have concluded that atheism is based on belief. One thought is that the word, "belief" is pretty loaded. I believe the scientists when they speak about space or physics or interesting discoveries. That doesn't mean I fully understand, and especially doesn't mean that I'm going to attempt to repeat their experiments.

Atheism is pretty simple. It's an understanding that there are no gods. It doesn't require belief of any kind.

The idea of the supernatural is a loss on all counts, but the wise person always gives a little wiggle room for the unknown. I am an atheist/evidentialist/rationalist and hold no beliefs beyond the mundane that humans use to navigate the world without cognitive overload. I don't believe in a deity and am willing to state that there is none, but not in an argument because then I am bound to the idea that the person making the assertion bears the burden of proof.

Atheism is NOT a belief, no matter how much one twists it, strains it, or rubs it, it remains a non belief. Simply ... I ... do ... not ... believe.

Although one cannot prove a negative, I see absolutely NO evidence anywhere that a god exists. With the total absence of evidence why should any thinking person believe in gods?