I'm atheist. I am starting a diet that is mostly raw but not 100%. I am including beans, rice and some potatos. I don't know any raw foodist but I didn't know a lot are christian I thought it would be the other way around.

Interesting, I did not know that there were Christian raw foodists, I just figured that raw foodists were more of the left wing. I have not met any raw foodists, been raw for 5 months now, everyone I know thinks it's amazing or weird.

What do atheisits believe in?

Their own wits?

or nature?

Or what is the atheists POV?

I'm not an athiest, though i don't subscribe to any of the prevailing world religions. After all these years of studying many and even practicing a few of the world religions, I have to admit that I only know that I don't know.

But like yourself I do believe strongly in the natural order, our place in it, and our mission to save ourselves and the ecosystem that we're part and parcel of. I think being so connected to our source of nourishment as raw foodies are, there can't help but be a sense of intelligent design to the universe.

Personally I believe organized religion arose to sell people a quick solution (snake oil) to assuage our innate anxieties of impermanence, suffering, and fear of living a transient and meaningless life.

Worried about dying? Worried that there's no meaning whatsoever to your life? Or about living in a world who's laws are harsh, irreversable, final and indifferent to your basic needs and suffering? Have we got an easy answer for you - given to us directly by God by the way. But he'll need a cash donation and who he is varies dramatically religion by religion.

However all that being said, in my own practicing of various eastern spiritual disciplines or religions, there clearly ARE more profound states of being, understanding and union that are available to us. But you can't just pay dues or profess a belief to achieve them. You have to open your eyes, heart and intellect and be a real seeker.

Just like raw foods, being an independant thinker and seeker is outside of the norm, and takes more time, effort, and dedication. But also like raw foods, the rewards are most often hugely satisfying and genuine.

Yeah lots of Seventh Day Adventist's are raw foodist's.... They have always believed having a clear system brings them closer to hearing directly from god in their daily lives.

I myself am an agnostic. I have TONS of friends that are of the atheist and agnostic persuasion that are raw foodist's! It's getting to be common place in the anarchist circles that I run in because people want to take care of themselves, and not depend on this bullsh*t medical system, and the food industry geared to make the rich richer at the expense of the people.

I think raw food and religion are two completely separate ideologies.

The reason why so many raw foodists are probably religious is because people seek god when their health starts failing. People in the US seem religious overall.

Anyway, religion isn't really a good topic, it's kind of a hot button topic.