I, myself, am an atheist, but I do not have any problem with people who believe in a god or gods
Well, if you don't have nothing against them (christians, jews), and it is unimportant for you if it(god) exists or not, you are not an atheist, you can be considered as an 'agnostic' (don't know if it's spelled right), atheist, are people who firmly deny his existence, i don't consider myself an atheist, but an agnostic, because it isn't important if they believe, i'm not trying to convince them that god doesn't exists, i live my life my way, following my country rules, and my rules, they live their following their country rules, their god rules and their rules.....
Well, but people mainly believe in God because....
The human brain is already, let's say configured, to believe in a superior force, wether it exists or not, it's in our nature. People who believe too much in the bible, got this education from theirs parents, no one learns this alone, if the parents of a children make him go to church on sundays, most problably this children will grow up believing in god, and most likely give this type of education to his children... Although this ain't quite sure, i thin k it depends on each one, their brain or something, and i truly believe in this, because i have a friend, he had a mother that didn't care to much for him, and his father was always drunk, so, he was always with his grandmother. she used to go to church every sunday, and special ocasions, and he went along with her, since he was always in her house, and he was a truly believer,at least look like one... until he started smoking pot, he became getting worse, worse, and worse, this i was there with him, we had a group that got together and we would smoke some, but i started working in part-time and decided to get out of it it wasn't worthful, well, but my friend got to the point were he started taking harder stuff, started stealing to get the money for it along with the rest of the group, and now he is a mess, he only has 18 years, and has already criminal record, he isn't in jail at this time, because in his last sentence he had to pay a fee, and since he didn't got the money, his mother had to pay it, she is poor, so she tried to kill herself, swalling acid, got into the hospital, and got better, she is currently paying the fee, and i don't know how he is, i don't see him in about 1/2 months, and although he does lives 40meters distance, i don't see him.... me and some more fiends tried talking with im, when we saw that he was getting worse (because pot isn't such a big deal, if you have conscience in what you are doing), but the first time we touched the subject he stoped hanging out with us...
i said all this just to get to the point, were he was a believer, and now what does he does ??!! the last time i saw him he was in the street, with his brain messed up believin nothing....
i know it's a strange story, but it's true...
i said this, just to get to the point that although he did believed in god, what made him change now ? what has gotten diferent within him ?
does anyone stills think that people who believe in the bible, do it because of other thing than their brain ?!
P.S.: As corn said, the bible is just another Best Seller for me, but it is a guide to life to others and we can't argue with that....