Well, shit.

What you're asking is akin to the question, "How do we get half of America to realize that FOX News is actually little more than the media arm of the Republican Party?"

The answer is that you don't, because people believe that FOX News is true, and that anyone who says differently must be lying or misinformed.

Same for atheists.  Don't take an atheist's word on why they're an atheist!  What could they possibly know about it?  Only a Christian could know for certain, because they're right, and we're wrong, because they know it.

Admittedly I'm in Australia (we do get Fox News on pay TV here but I don't think anyone bothers watching it BBC is much better) but all news is biassed, and atleast here a lot of it is skewed to the left. Just because the the news agrees with you doesnt mean it's unbiassed. I like the idea that there's a right wing news show so that anyone interested can get both slants on an issue.

I consider myself pretty much in the center politically, both sides look nuts to me. But I see much more media bias supporting the left than the right. I'd prefer it be neutral but the next best thing is to have both points of view.

I know the question was directed exclusively at Christians, but what's unsettling is how narrow-minded they are with regard to other religions. It's as if you can only be a Christian, or be in a state of denial of Christianity specifically. What about atheists in areas dominated by other religions? How about Christians being in active denial of all other religions themselves?
Maybe I shouldn't be surprised. Look at all the time those people spent crafting those hideous little heads.

Just stuff you'd expect from a Comfort/Friel fan.
Why are there atheists?* They're afraid of hell.* They've had bad experiences with Christians.* They're too self-centered to see "god."* I was an atheist, but now I see what a fool I was.
That sums up what I read.

So its the normal too often regurgitated bullshit,I was

hoping for something better,or atleast new,do they EVER

come up with something new?Nah I guess not,simple minds w/o a thought in their head not ripped off from someone who didnt know shit

about atheism isnt a surprise,never anything new within a 5 year period.BTW i now my typing/formatting isnt right,my sleeping pills kicked in,so im only using half the brain a fundie would use(or whatever,half asleep,getting lazy,but cant sleep,so im here) hope my point is clear,if not,perhaps Ill edit for clarity tomorrow,or a mod can clean it up since its their job anyway j/k

I'd like to know why it was deleted from that website. I always start an argument out with freewill and the evil problem. There seems to be an inability of the xian in holding the attributes of omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent, in their head at the same time.  It's like playing whack-a-mole, they run from one to another as seperate independent ideas.

I didn't get to read it before it was deleted, but I'll give my opinion anyway.

The reason Christians fail to understand atheism is because how ingrained God is into their thinking.  Saying God doesn't exist is just as ignorant as saying that oneself doesn't exist - it doesn't make sense.   They cannot see that atheism is a valid, rational belief.  Yet it is obvious that we are not all mentally retarded, or somehow damaged, so they try to rationalize it with the formentioned reasons.

Yes the post was deleted. I don't exactly know why but sometimes the more indepth the question the more likely it is to get deleted. I simply asked the question to find out what most of them thought was the reasons why we became Atheist. Obviously they are either going off of Stereotypes or they are just plain ignorant. I am gonna have to go with the latter.

If Christians understood not believing they wouldn't remain Christians, now would they?

We shouldn't err by mirroring their evangelicism.  Non-belief is more a state of mind than ideology. 

Mature non believers provide an example by living responsible lives, being balanced and, unlike hard believers, not seeking ongoing validation for our philosophical bearings.

The main opposition to fundamentalism should be political--that's where they are most destructive. 

Some of you reading my comments may well die from diseases that could have been prevented through stem cell research.  Homo sapiens may not have an assured future--fundamentalists have fought environmentalism at every opportunity [e.g., anyone recall James Watt?].

I'm not pushing despair, but it's not about getting fundamentalists to understand us.  It's about blocking their psychotic political agenda.

It comes down to 'GUT' politics/thinking

There are 2 ways you can approach the world by thinking or by gut instinct.

 In certain circustmances gut instinct is the most efficient, in a fight, working out if someone is lying when you have no facts either way,

 However human beings have no useful gut instincts when it comes to anything outside the human scale whether time/distance/size etc.

You cannot instinctively understand gravity,relativity, quantum mechaines, evolution, electricity, how the universe began, how big it is, global warming etc

To understand this you have to study, you have to use a lot of resources, you have to spend time thinking, no one has time /desire to study all the above some people have no interest in studying anyone of them

 To put this even simplier, believing god made the world in 7 days takes 2 seconds, understanding evolution, cosmology takes a life time (in fact many lifetimes) so its hardly suprisingly many people go for the god.

 I was shocked how little I knew about evolution when I read Dawkins Selfish Gene book and I consider myself to be highly educated (Physicist) do you really think a religious person is going to bother the make the effort

Now this isnt to say all religious people are thick(many are but not all) but I am saying that most religious people are not prepared to dedicate the resources to understanding the world

So, do the religious questions typically get deleted?  Seems the atheist questions do.  If someone asked why do others think people become Christians, woudl it get deleted?

The question itself was, Christians: In your opinion why do you think people are Atheist? And the gave the most insane answers possible. Things like, Atheists are just a bunch of emo kids who hate life. Or Because the devil is working through them Ect. Because they haven't accepted Jesus as their saviors or they are mad at the church ect. The reason I said we aren't doing a good enough job educating on why we are atheist is because most of them think that Atheism means "against the christian god" They think it's just a personal attack on them. At least thats the vibe I got.

Right.  None of these of course are the real reasons most people become atheist.  However do you really expect them to answer, "I think most people become atheists because they study religion and science more than most people."   They wouldn't say that because doing so would be an admission that they lack knowledge the atheist has, instead they reinforce their own self delusions by uttering words that the brainwashing machine stands behind.

Well done, you proved that Yahoo Answers is mostly populated by immature dorks which I guess most of us knew already.

The ages of the Posters ranged from I would say 15-27, Some of them even claiming to be former Atheists. I totally Agree with you Brian. I didn't expect them to answer this question the way I wanted but some of the answers were so ignorant and Juvenile that I was beside myself. Infact I have now began Asking, When I debate a theist if they can define the Word Atheist. It' usually goes something...like this

Me: What does the word Atheist mean?

Them: You don't believe in god

Me: Which God?

Them: Uhhh ya know Jesus, The bible God...the living god,ya know

Me: Well I don't believe in Any gods

Them: Well there is only one True god

Me: hahahah you stupid bastard, It's not a schooner it's a sail boat

Them: A Schooner is a sailboat stupid head

Me: You know what. There is NO Easter Bunny. Over there, that's just a guy in a suit! And Jesus isn't real either!