As an atheist, what do you believe without question?

That I exist.

That I will die someday.

That you will die someday.

I believe the purpose of life is to be the best you can be here and now, and not just because you are hoping for a reward at the end.

That yesterday is past, tomorrow is unguessable and unknowable, and that this moment is it. Elijah described well how to act while you are “Being here now.”

(Get out of bed and do something:-O)

And that in between birth and death you should do something productive with your time.

I believe for every drop of rain that falls a flower grows,i believe that somewhere in the darkest night a candle glows,and every time i hear a newborn baby cry or see the sun or touch a leaf i believe i believe.

@zerocarbon – You must look starting at 7:04.

That I was born. That I will die. That there is much to do.

@aprilsimnel Monty Python,superb.

I believe that logic is the basis of something truly fundamental, and is not merely an arbitrary construct that resonates with the human mind. This is an article of faith, because one cannot use logic to prove that logic is ‘correct’, as this would be a proof that assumes the truth of its object; it can only be proven self-consistent. But I believe it because to do otherwise would trivialize my existence.

@cprevite And that in between birth and death you should do something productive with your time. This would also include masturbation, correct? :D

I will always worry about my children, no matter how well they are doing.

I believe that Satan has imprisoned your minds!

oh, sorry, was that off-topic? : P

<giggles>

I believe in science, investigation, experimentation, and education.

To quote Socrates: “All I know is I know nothing.”
I believe in everything and I believe in nothing.
The universe perpetually seeks balance, and thus I believe in Karma.
Change is constant.

I believe in beliefs.
I believe in having faith in faith.
I believe in putting trust in trust.
I believe in hating hatred.
I believe in loving love.
I believe that entertainment is entertaining.
I believe…

I think there is a vast spectrum of certainty that religious people have about the existence of God, so I’m not sure exactly how to answer the question.

If you mean “what do you believe in with 0% doubt,” that’s a tough one. There’s a lot of stuff I believe with 99.999% certainty. But one of those things is Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, which makes absolute certainty kind of hard. :)

@Qingu a good knowledge of history makes the concept of “God being an all-knowing, all-loving deity” kind of hard to believe, yet thousands, if not millions do so easily enough. I would assume my phrasing of without question means with as much certainty as you can muster. I didn’t use percentage for that reason. Nothing is one hundred percent, except for the observation that, “thanks to the Internet, now there will always be at least one person that believes the exact opposite of you in whatever subject you want to bring up.” :D

elijahsuicide is spot on.

i believe there is no payoff at the end of life; the best experience you will ever enjoy will be what you make of your life before you die.

i also believe that in the space of a second before you die, you experience eternity of your own making in your mind.

we all die alone.

I believe in data.

When you’re a Jet,
If the spit hits the fan,
You got brothers around,
You’re a family man!

Tonight (okay today)
The minutes seem like hours
The hours go so slowly

@tinyfaery ;)

@epz: you can define “productive” however you wish.

@cprevite whew! that’s a load off my mind!

that i am a figment of your imagination.

@epz: off your mind?

@cprevite Haha, yeah, I see your point. Let’s just say off my mind, figuratively speaking.