I know there are many out there already that do have faith in a god, but those that do not, I was thinking of them... And the classic question of what would it take for you to believe?
nothing
it took nothing for me to belive in a god, no proof, no evidence, no selfevident truth
i belived, as i was raised to belive, and was relatively good at it too
my mother is a fervent catholic and a scientist, and all my life i was told science and religion are not in anny way in conflict
so there was no way annyone could prove to me that god does not exist by saying things like evolution or big bang
it also took no proof for me to stop beliveing
it took a lot of questioning of faith and introspection, alot of changing definitions and retreating into less and less defined belifes, but by the time i was 12 i no longer belived in the existance of a creator god, apsolute being, devine "something", or god of anny kind
simple as that
no proof is necesarry
i can practically remember the moments in wich i realised god is not, it almoust felt like an religious experience, you could say
it is realy an inevitable process, once started
it starts with thinking about it
anithing can cause it to start, a conversation owerheard, a personal trauma, a couple of dogs fighting, an orgasm, some words in a book
once you start questioning things seriously it is olnly a metter of time before you realise what you belive in is relative and does not reflect reality or your experience of it
that precise moment of realisation is almoust sublime
and thats it, no further proof is needed