I just answer no, if they ask why, I'll answer my why. Sometimes it causes a good conversation, Sometimes the person doesn't talk to me anymore and avoids me, I'm good with either.

No, but then I am not asked as much as you yanks. Funny thing is that I only know one devout Christian. She is 25 and a friend of my daughter. A rather naive and impressionable young woman who is saving herself for marriage. At a party recently she brought up the subject of belief. She tends to do this when we talk but I try not to give her a hard time as she lost her mom last year. It was then she blurted out to everyone that she also believes in vampires. (she had had a drink or two) Of course, I quietly sniggered to myself and dismissed it. Only later did I re-think her statement. It may be okay for us not to be afraid of vampires but we are not 25-year-old female virgins!

I stopped believing in god when he failed to bring me a pony one year.

An emphatic NO.

If it's a total stranger, like some idiot trying to evangelize on the street, I just keep walking and give no answer. In a social situation, like a party or a dinner, I'll be more polite but direct. Sometimes I have told them that I was raised in a cult that practiced a mock human sacrifice every year around the time of the Spring Equinox. We symbolicly sacrificed an innocent then drank his blood and ate his body to commune with his spirit. Most of the time they don't realize that I'm describing their church and the practice of taking communion.

My mother taught me not to talk to strangers.

Depending on the context in which the question is asked,...

They pay me to teach you biology, not my personal beliefs.

Belief is irrelevant.

Who wants to know?

Why do you ask?

Which one?

I see no evidence that I should.

Hahaha!

No.

I fall back to Linus Pauling who said this. " I believe that all complicated phenomena can be explained using simpler scientific principles. "

How about answering it with a question ie, why do you want to know?

I just say "No, and why do you ask?" Depending on their answer and interest, I may continue the exchange, but usually I can tell it will lead nowhere worthwhile, so I just end the conversation.

I just say, “No, I don’t. My personal delusions I keep to myself.”

My response if a stranger asked that would be “Fuck off”

My exact answer would depend on the social context, but it would be something along the lines of "I am not sufficiently mentally defective to have beliefs.".

The idea of having an evidence-based world view is anathema to such mental midgets.

Ask them which god? Can they prove their god is real?

I try to soften it with something like, "I don't really believe in anything without good reason."

I’m always going to say no,…….that I think it’s all nonsense.

I first enquire which of the over 5000 gods are they talking about. Then say "No!!!!! I don't follow the Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy"

I always answer which one are you referring too!!!

I say "No".

It's a simple, accurate answer that applies whoever asks the question, and in whatever circumstance.

I come from the UK, so I would probably say. "Wow fun, you are the first one ever." Then. "No of course not, do I look weird ?"

I reply, "I believe in GOOD!" and just leave it at that, unless they want to discuss further.

I say, "No."

I use to try and maybe have a chat about it. NO it's a complete sentence and I leave it at that.

I always answer "no". Pretty much everyone who has ever asked me was trying to spread their own religious beliefs... I usually cut them off pretty shortly telling them "I have no interest in organized religion.