How would you explain your religion to an atheist

Why would there have to be something to prompt someone to be an Atheist? Everyone is BORN an Atheist and TAUGHT to be something else. Here's an example: In Catholocism babies are not born Catholic, they need to be baptized as a Catholic. I'm guessing that evey other religion has something similar. Happy MyLotting!

You will find that most atheist know more about religion than you do. They are likely to explain your religion to you and provide you with the reasons they reject it. Most atheists have studied more than one religion and have made a rational decision to reject them.

IF I were asked to explain it then I would just tell the person what I believe....And I wouldnt tell it any differently to an Athiest as I would anyone of any other religion or walk of life...

Wow what a cool thought, of course I've been trying to find ways to reach all people both religious and non-religious because we all share something in common. The beginning would be to have a person with an open mind they have to be able and willing to listen. We have to break the ice and the taboo of having or not having a belief. All subjects have to be able to be placed upon the table, you can not hold anything back. It has to be an honest discussion. It is not a game, there are no winners and it is not a competition so many religions want to say that theirs is the one and only and you can only find GOD on their path their way. We know this to be false, should I explain? First you have to find an atheist since your discussion is dealing with talking to an atheist yet I say most religions do not know the real GOD that they preach about. They don't know that the first rule is to have a heart for GOD. So you manage to find an open minded person willing to listen and then your job is to get GOD into their mind and heart... Now how are you going to do that? Your religion can not do that, how do I know this to be true or false? I think that religion is man made that is organized religion that builds huge buildings and a lot of technical gear to manipulate the minds of people who follow like sheep they are all brainwashed into thinking the wrong thing is right. Instead of helping the Church leaders are the problem, and the flaws are never corrected. You can't reach a person who has been so hurt by a church to go back into such a hateful environment, that just isn't logical. So the people who want to preach religion have a higher hurdle to jump over than just how you framed your discussion. You need to broaden your definitions and come to greater understanding of the whole problem.

I will never be able explain in a more understandable way my religion to an atheist, they will always have reactions to what I say. I will just let them live the way they want it life to be. However religion can never we won in words.

I... really wouldn't want to explain my religion to an atheist unless they specifically asked me for it. I dislike it when people force their opinions on me, so I wouldn't want to subject them to the same treatment. If they DO ask me, I think this is what I'll say: that I'm not smart enough to figure out how everything in the world first started, and that something that stumps even really, really, really clever scientists must say something about how the origins of the world is currently beyond our comprehension. That I've had a lot of things happen in my life, good and bad, that defy rational explanations, and having faith in a "goodness" out there might not be a bad thing. That there's nothing to LOSE if I believe and "heaven" ends up being an elaborate hoax, but I would lose SALVATION if it ended up being real and I was too worldly to believe in it. That striving to be good and to do good to others will never be a bad thing, and while one need not religion to aspire to that, it's nice to hope there might be some payoff at the end of everything. It's not an explanation of MY religion, but I think that's okay. Religions are faith-based organizations: I would like to think it's easy to understand them. What differing religions TEACH is the thing that most interests me, and these are things that one has to experience properly, because explanations don't do them justice, I think.