Why Do Athiests

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onelongsong
onelongsong Posts: 3,517
edited May 2007 in A Moving Train
why do athiests have so much anger toward those of religion? religious threads here turn into athiest trying to prove those of religion are wrong. why? where does this anger come from. if you tell someone of religion that you are athiest; they feel sorry for you and maybe pray for you; which is an act of compassion to them. yet athiests can't wait to jump on someone trying to prove they're wrong. they disrespect that person and thier beliefs. are these the attributes of a "good" person?
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  • cornnifer
    cornnifer Posts: 2,130
    onelongsong wrote:
    why do athiests have so much anger toward those of religion? religious threads here turn into athiest trying to prove those of religion are wrong. why? where does this anger come from. if you tell someone of religion that you are athiest; they feel sorry for you and maybe pray for you; which is an act of compassion to them. yet athiests can't wait to jump on someone trying to prove they're wrong. they disrespect that person and thier beliefs. are these the attributes of a "good" person?

    Personally i don't feel sorry for atheists. i simply disagree. they don't need me to feel sorry for them. As far as your main question regarding the anger, i will stay away from blanket indictments as there are some atheists who are respectful and simply agree to disagree, but, in regards to the others, it is because they are hypocrites.
    "When all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse... better find yourself a place to level out."
  • cornnifer
    cornnifer Posts: 2,130
    cornnifer wrote:
    Personally i don't feel sorry for atheists. i simply disagree. they don't need me to feel sorry for them. As far as your main question regarding the anger, i will stay away from blanket indictments as there are some atheists who are respectful and simply agree to disagree, but, in regards to the others, it is because they are hypocrites.

    i might also add insecure in their disbelief.
    "When all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse... better find yourself a place to level out."
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    i see it both ways ...
  • bharQ
    bharQ Posts: 1,201
    its not anything against anyone personally.. your faith is your faith.. its anger toward massive unnecessary bloodshed due to 2000 year old religions that were thought up by barbaric less evolved people
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  • onelongsong
    onelongsong Posts: 3,517
    polaris wrote:
    i see it both ways ...

    i agree. if you believe you are right; why do you need to press the issue with others that don't believe the same as you?
  • onelongsong
    onelongsong Posts: 3,517
    bharQ wrote:
    its not anything against anyone personally.. your faith is your faith.. its anger toward massive unnecessary bloodshed due to 2000 year old religions that were thought up by barbaric less evolved people

    so modern people are responsable for what people did hundreds and thousands of years ago? please explain.
  • chopitdown
    chopitdown Posts: 2,222
    onelongsong wrote:
    i agree. if you believe you are right; why do you need to press the issue with others that don't believe the same as you?

    in some instances, people feel they need to show some sort of superiority or enlightenment.
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  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    onelongsong wrote:
    i agree. if you believe you are right; why do you need to press the issue with others that don't believe the same as you?

    actually, i meant i've seen people of faith talk down to people who don't have faith as well ...
  • even flow?
    even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Some people may just find it hard to listen to somebody go on about a god of which nobody has ever seen. Then the other side counters with the fact that that is what faith is. And then the circle keeps rolling from there. Of course you get your hardcore, softcore and jokesters throughout the thread.
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  • crittables
    crittables Posts: 342
    onelongsong wrote:
    so modern people are responsable for what people did hundreds and thousands of years ago? please explain.



    well modern people are still causing bloodshed over religions that were thought up thousands of years ago. i think thats what he/she was getting at.
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,800
    I feel sorry for athiests because I believe they are ultimately going to hell unless they change. I'm not sure why any of them would care that I was religious.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    Christianity is a cult.

    Originally a minority, the Christians slaughtered millions of people throughout history who did not share their beliefs. To this day, non-Christians are chastized in our cultures.

    God is the sky and Christ is the Sun.

    The rest is all non-sense, a tool to control the minds of others and if there minds would not submit to the Word, then they were killed.
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,800
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Christianity is a cult.

    Originally a minority, the Christians slaughtered millions of people throughout history who did not share their beliefs. To this day, non-Christians are chastized in our cultures.

    God is the sky and Christ is the Sun.

    The rest is all non-sense, a tool to control the minds of others and if there minds would not submit to the Word, then they were killed.

    What if I, as a Christian, think all killing is wrong and have not nor ever would participate in something like that? Is my religion so harmful to you then?
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • crittables
    crittables Posts: 342
    know1 wrote:
    What if I, as a Christian, think all killing is wrong and have not nor ever would participate in something like that? Is my religion so harmful to you then?


    that's nice that you don't believe in killing, but you aren't the only christian out there.
  • Uncle Leo
    Uncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    know1 wrote:
    I feel sorry for athiests because I believe they are ultimately going to hell unless they change. I'm not sure why any of them would care that I was religious.

    Do you feel equally sorry for agnostics, jews, hindus, muslims and any of the "who knows how many other" religions there are?
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,523
    to each his own i have no problem with anybody of religious beliefs or nonbeliefs as long as you don't try to shove it down my throat .......
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,800
    Uncle Leo wrote:
    Do you feel equally sorry for agnostics, jews, hindus, muslims and any of the "who knows how many other" religions there are?

    Yes.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    know1 wrote:
    What if I, as a Christian, think all killing is wrong and have not nor ever would participate in something like that? Is my religion so harmful to you then?

    Do you fight against abortion and homosexuality? Do you fight to preserve your Christian traditions in our societies? Do you obscure the truth of Christianity by regurjitating the word of the Bible?
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,800
    josevolution wrote:
    to each his own i have no problem with anybody of religious beliefs or nonbeliefs as long as you don't try to shove it down my throat .......

    Do you consider starting thread after thread after thread denouncing or trying to disprove religion "shoving it down people's throats"?

    (not saying you do this personally)
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    Uncle Leo wrote:
    Do you feel equally sorry for agnostics, jews, hindus, muslims and any of the "who knows how many other" religions there are?

    Approx. 10,000
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire

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