Atheists, is it true that you rejected all the religions...?

I had a good look into Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Neo-pagan stuff...they're all silly. And not for me. (This was years ago, I'm down to a very basic summary of each religion, other than Christianity and Islam.)

Honestly, I don't think I should have to look into a religion to see that it is the one true path. It should be apparent to an outsider. I should be drawn to it.

I am not religious, but spiritual. I follow the philosophy of the American Indian. That of "Walking the Red Road". In this we help those we meet along the way, do not cause harm to anything or anyone except in self defense or in the defense of others. There is a lot more to it but these are the main ideas of it. This philosophy could fit hand in hand with nearly every religion and is a part of many of them.

I was once a Christian but because of the contradictions in the Bible, the attitude of others and the way the leaders attempt control, I walked away. I looked over several of the religions until I discovered the Red Road and saw that I had been on it all my life without knowing it.

It is now and will be what I walk until the end. Most religions would call me a pagan, but we are not really pagan.

I have looked at the history of many cultures and their religions. Jews and Christians were the first that I am aware of that told others that they were wrong for their beliefs. After taking a class on the rise of Christianity in which we read and discussed the "New testament" of the Bible, "Eusebius, History of the Church", "The rise of Christianity," By Stark and "Christianizing the Roman Empire" by MacMullen. I have come to the conclusion that men have made up and re made up Christianity and the stories in the Bible. Sure there is some truth to some of the stories just as there are in other cultures stories. The Christian religion started to become so successful because the Roman Empire helped it to become powerful. The Roman Empire was huge so it had a large population. Constantine was the first Roman ruler to interfere with any religion and gave Christians social and material benefits under his rule. He wanted to bring together his empire and used the Christian religion to do so. He did play a big part in what stories would be included in the Bible.

This is surely not enough information and I do recomend the books mentioned above.

No it's not true, in fact Buddhism is a religion which every single follower is essentially an atheist. The only religions I have rejected are theistic religions. Mainly because they teach creation stories which are obviously false, evolution is how we eventually came into existence. Not some god creating us from scratch himself.

If there was a religion which taught that god created the universe, and then that god did absolutely nothing else. Then that religion would be closer to the truth then any other theistic religion. Believing in a theistic religion is simply ignorant, because we have abiogenesis, and evolution which have actual evidence for their validity.

I'm not an atheist but:

First of all, they are all based on the same story, with little variations.

Second, you only have to see the basic principals of the people in the religion to know what they expect of you. I have seen enough of each religion I hate indivdually to make a judgement, imo.

Third, I think the idea of committing yourself to any group who sees themselves as special or somehow different, or enlightened, ect is just buying into an idea that we all must be separated and judged, which I think is counter-productive to the spiritual and moral evolution of our species.

Have I studied every. single. religion. on the planet to the same extent that I have studied christianity? No, of course not. I have studied many different religions though, from Native American beliefs through Islam. The common thread in just about every religion I have researched is a belief in a deity or deities, which I simply don't possess. Therefore, I'm an atheist.

Have you studied every religion on earth extensively to see if you're in the right one? I'm guessing... No.

I am not a true atheist, I am more of an agnostic.

I have studied the teachings of all the major religions of the world and have found none that I feel provide sufficient evidence to support their claims of being the sole arbiters of truth regarding a Supreme Being.

I have come to the conclusion that, however sincere they may be, the religions of the world are nothing more than man's attempts to find meaning and purpose for life. Towards that end, man has created a God in man's image.

In my opinion you have to have accepted it before you can reject it.

and i have never accepted any religion so i have never rejected any religion.

so no in my in my case it is not true that i have rejected all the religions.

I live by my own rules and i dont feel the need to use rules defined by "god".

I do believe in a higher power, i mean how can we be the only ppl on the earth as developed and intelligent as we are? but the higher power i believe in is not someone/something that feels the need to impose common sense rules or specific rituals, it is about freedom of speech and free will, I strongly disagree that christianity shuns gay people and does not allow them to be married. People should be free to live as they please

(obviously with the exception of muderers, rapists, burglers etc, but there is no proof religion actually stops this)

My boyfriend is religious and i do not criticise religion or anyone who believes in religion, but I am definitley not religious in any way shape or form.

No. Its debatable as to whether Christianity is the worlds largest religion. I highly doubt any real atheist would make a judgment based on one book, unless of course it is that one book we are judging. We leave such uneducated conclusions to Theists. However coming to the obvious conclusion that one god does not exist, makes it somewhat moot to examine any other gods.

If you looked on my bookshelf, you would see a Bible. And a Book of Mormon. And a Koran. And a Talmud. And a Kaballah. And a... you get the picture. They all sit in a series of shelves, interspersed with my collection of study guides, references, and a wide collection of mythological works from all over the world.

I have studied them intently for almost my entire life. I can name, describe, and provide support for dozens of belief systems that virtually nobody in the modern world has ever heard of. I am extremely familiar with them, and I find them all factually lacking.

I formed my understanding of the world through the use of reason and evidence. Nothing out there props up the existence of a god except faith alone. As a result, I have no belief in the existence of a god(s).