Atheists, what was your 'eureka moment', when you realized there was no God?

The only way primitive religion exists today is through the child abuse of forcing it into very, very young children but thanks to better education and growing intellects so many teens are able to discover the truth, throw off the indoctrination and step into the real world!

So atheism is not a conscious decision or a belief but a realisation!

Research shows whilst education reduces religious belief each year of further education reduces religious belief by up to 10%!

Research repeatedly shows atheists are 7.8% more intelligent than the religious.

Only 7% of Americas Academy of science and 3% of the UK’s royal Academy are Christian!

Neuroscientists have conducted the most comprehensive brain mapping to date of the cognitive abilities measured by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), the most widely used intelligence test in the world.

The results show that the various factors that comprise a high or low IQ score

depend on particular regions of the brain.

The WAIS test is composed of four indices of intelligence, each consisting of several subtests, which together produce a full-scale IQ score. The four indices are the verbal comprehension index, which represents the ability to understand and to produce speech and use language; the perceptual organization index, which involves visual and spatial processing, such as the ability to perceive complex figures; the working memory index, which represents the ability to hold information temporarily in mind (similar to short-term memory); and the processing speed index.

With the exception of processing speed, which appears scattered throughout the brain, the lesion mapping showed that the other three cognitive indices really do depend on specific brain regions.

For example, lesions in the left frontal cortex were associated with lower scores on the verbal comprehension index; lesions in the left frontal and parietal cortex (located behind the frontal lobe) were associated with lower scores on the working memory index; and lesions in the right parietal cortex were associated with lower scores on the perceptual organization index.

The study also revealed a large amount of overlap in the brain regions responsible for verbal comprehension and working memory, which suggests that these two now-separate measures of cognitive ability may actually represent the same type of intelligence, at least as assessed using the WAIS.

It matters not if they are atheist because of this new type of intelligence or get it because they are atheist – it is a totally different and far more efficient process!!

Also please note a meta-analysis by Personality and Social Psychology Review of 63 studies showed a significant negative association between intelligence and religiosity.

In addition atheists have been found to live longer, suffer far less memory loss, Alzheimer’s and have less incidents of diabetes and other complaints!

Other research shows believers have diminished intelligence because they rely on intuition and not facts and that the strength of religious conviction is inversely linked with intellect. It is so clear that Agnostics are smarter than believers but less intelligent than atheists!

The 'moment' I was born.

I will take your inflammatory troll seriously for some strange reason.

I didn't need to convince myself, the Bible did it for me.

I went on a 3-month sabbatical to make my faith my own instead of just blindly accepting my parents' faith.  My intent was to work out my own salvation with fear and trembling.

I realized prayer fails and miracles do not happen, unless the word "miracle" is redefined.

Then I saw how every single messianic prophecy was either manufactured or non-existent.  After that it all came tumbling down.

Thanks for asking.

I never really believed in God. As a child in Sunday school and Bible study I thought it was silly. I have schizophrenia and when I was actively psychotic, I believed in God. But as soon as I started antipsychotic medication, obsessive religiosity went away. I think the final nail in the coffin was a class (college) in psychology on the neuroscience of why we believe things without evidence. I have a neuroscience based psychology degree and a biology degree. Studying biology was another thing that reinforced disbelief. It has nothing to do with "convincing myself". It has to due with education and respect for evidence. 

It was probably when I learned the myths of yesterday (Greek, Roman, etc) were the religions of their day.  It became quickly obvious today's religions are just tomorrow's myths.

I read the bible.  That's all it took. GUS STR SYPH 

I think the inflection point, for me,

was when I realized

that the hypothetical God,

that I had been taught about

and had been imagining, so intently,

did not measure up

to even my humble, ethical standards.

That was when I realized that people are generally unable to imagine a God,

who is really much better than they are.

More powerful?  Sure. 

That's easy.

But really better

is tough.

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Regards,

John Popelish

I've never believed in gods.

Although I do recall one time in late 1983 thinking "but surely 5+billion people couldn't be wrong" and laughing and instantly realising "oh, yes they can" 😎

Gods and magic are the most ridiculous things primitive man ever invented to explain anything.

~

God exist and  man wants to be him Jesus Christ is Lord 

It took a couple of days. But 10 years ago I heard a Christian (well known for womanizing) making fun of atheists with his friends. Unprovoked and mean. Bigoted. And they all laughed. I'd left my belief status untouched for years going about life as if I believed. So I went online to see what others thought. Then realized "I think that's me." And a couple of days later, it sat well with me

So all the unprovoked "atheism is stupid dear" type meanness helps people find their atheism.