What do Atheists think about Christians? What do Christians think about Atheists?

Question

As an Atheist, I think Christians have been brainwashed by the brainwashed. They have to have a simple explanation for this complicated universe because their minds are simple. They just say "god made it". That's soooooo simple. Evolution is too complicated for them to grasp. There's too much involved for them.

Answer 1

Depends on the person you ask, not everyone has the same opinions.

Answer 2

I think athiests wish there is no God but deep down there hearts know they are wrong.

Many great men today such as professor Steven Hawking, make repeated reference to God in his book a "brief history of time". Albert Einstein also believed in God.

I have serious misgivings about the big bang. Upon discovery of gravity, Isaac Newton concluded the universe must be infinite for the cosmic bodies not to attract each other and form one big body. The infinite argument would mean that the gravitational forces from different directions are in balance.

From the observations of Hubble, we came to conclude that the universe is expanding. The main reason for this is observed red shift. An expanding universe should only have started from a singularity. However, every singularity has an event horizon. This is a sphere beyond which any matter travelling "upwards" from the centre of the body even at the speed of light would be pulled back.

The universe starting from one point would mean the greatest intensity of gravity possible. Our current universe would not have escaped such gravity no matter how big the bang.

Secondly how did life on earth start from dead matter? Aren’t dead materials more stable than live ones? Isn’t this against the law of entropy?

Science people know very well that the long times necessary for evoultion never took place. The evidence supports a punctuated theory not a gradual change concept. There is no fossil evidence for this.

Answer 3

Certainly, a prudent person considering all the facts apart from faith would go his entire lifetime sifting through all the knowledge he could find and would likely come to the conclusion that there was a creator, or he would come to no conclusion at all, admitting that he simply could never know enough to prove that God simply did not exist. It could be that atheists are constantly looking for some patent reason as to why there is no God, with no real explanation or proof to back up their premise. I'm thinking that maybe faith is too simple for them to grasp. But, then again, don't ask me...I don't even believe in atheists.

Answer 4

As an atheist - I stay out of religion because I'm tired of other people pushing their religion on me. I think every religion is fine. I like them all - each have positive and negatives. I won't critize someone else's beliefs. Some of the extreme believers throw me off and make me dislike them - but not the religion. I hate religious supremacy - people acting like their religion is the best and only the best and everyone and anyone who disagrees will suffer dire consequences.

And putting down their beliefs doesn't help prove your point. I like Evolution. But it's somewhat hard to believe that the universe was always here and just sprang out of nothing. That's where I need more evidence of something other than Creation. So for now I have compromised with myself.

I don't wonder why people can't get along when all they do is bash the other's beliefs because one just can't sit down and think or rationally talk something through.

Answer 5

Well, I'm a Christian. For me God is an idea that helps you unknowingly at many times. There are many things that you cannot explain, dude. There are things beyond the grasp of science too.
As far as atheists are concerned, I'm quite cool with them. Religion is the worst topic to argue about. I respect people for what they believe, not blame them.
I guess you're wrong. There are many Christians who live by the fundamentals of Science. For eg, my mum has degrees in Biology but still is a devotee.
It just depends on your head and your sense of managing it all. It's not tough to be a Christian and have a scientific brain too.

Answer 6

As an atheist, many Christians are fine by me, even the fundamentalists. Let me begin with them. The true fundamentalists hold a lot of ideas that I think are insane. However, their approach to faith has a few things going for it that I find refreshing:

1. They believe that atheists like myself actually believe that there is no god. They afford us the courtesy that even if they think we are under Satan's control, they have not bought into the misinformation that we are "mad at god."

2. They believe that "no sin is greater than any other," so if you're going to get all bent out of shape about homosexuality, you also have to get all bent out of shape over someone who covets. In this sense a literal interpretation of the bible makes them a lot easier to deal with.

3. Most of them truly strive to be like Christ and do the right thing (even if I often disagree with their interpretation of "right."

I feel that these people are misguided, but decent. There are a few of them here, but I would also add the Amish and Mennonite communities to this category. I am very, very critical of many things that people in this category do and think (I tend to find them rather mysoginistic), but on the whole I know that it gets much worse.

Then there are the Holy Warrior Fundamentalists. A lot of these folks are recently born again and are burning so much with their faith that they cannot see the poison and hatred that they spew day after day after day. They also tend to pick and choose which sins are "worse" than others and are especially vocal about homosexuality. These Christians make me crazy.

Now we have a mixture of all the middle of the road Christians. These people are the majority of Americans and they are a scary bunch. Most of them are not well educated about their faith which allows them to have some very mixed up ideas about what they are supposed to believe. Unfortunately, they tend to not be very educated about science either. These people are the constant posters of "if we evolved from apes, why are there still apes?" They haven't read the Bible and they don't understand evolution. They are content to be Christians because their parents and grandparents were Christians. They spread the lion's share of misinformation. "This country was founded on Christian ideals," is only one example. These folks are especially dangerous because they vote as they are told to vote.

Then we have the liberal Christians. By and large they are alright, but many of them seem to have gravitated to a form of Christianity-lite because it's easier to find a Unitarian church than a yogi. These folks tend to have tried a whole bunch of different belief systems before settling. These are the kind of people who buy a lot of self-help books.

All in all, most Christians are okay. It's only when they think they're preaching love when they're actually spewing hate that my hackles rise up. Or when they ignore the facts and try to reshape the world to fit their views.

When all is said and done, though, I still think that faith stands in the way of humankind. I think that it is a stumbling block on the road to a better, brighter future.

Answer 7

I was a practicing Christian for over thirty years.

Christians are like any other group. You have extremists on both ends of the scale. The majority are in the middle and really don't care much one way or another.

When people question "atheists," they seem to think that atheists belong to a group or cult similar to religion.

I am an atheist, am very political conservative and share very few, if any common views with ultra liberals or ultra conservatives. It makes little sense to pose questions to atheists as a group since we share no common values.

Christian doctrine:

According to general Christian doctrine, all humans are born wicked & evil. The only way to overcome that nature is by being "saved." That is why the majority of Christians view anyone who does not share their views as being under the influence of "Satan."

Christians rely totally on faith and do not question what they are taught. They do not question their belief that atheists are the same as devil worshipers.

It is nearly impossible to reach agreement with a group of people who seriously consider everyone who disagrees with them to be wicked & evil, regardless why they choose that belief.

Answer 8

I am a Christian who believes in Evolution, and I think many atheists are bitter people with condescending attitudes. As for the rest of Christians, I think they need to approach science with a more open mind. Their stubbornness or lack of knowledge leads them to do and say very stupid things that make us all look bad.

Answer 9

Well i am too tired to talk on the matter very much but i will say that atheist wouldn't want there to be someone smarter then them[God] because since they thought up evolution they think they are smarter then every other religion

Answer 10

i'd hate an atheists body of options(s) about what i count number on a non secular putting, yet on the turn-section, that atheist and that i'd be ardent allies politically. As for hating someone contained in the coolest deal of the that technique of that aspect period, I actual haven't any favor to hate everyone. that type of hatred is for losers era.

Answer 11

Christians think Atheists are the ant-christ.
Atheists think Christians are the anti-darwin.

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Not really. Most rational people judge others by their actions, not their beliefs. For me (an atheist), a good person is a good person regardless of what he or she believes. Anybody who believes in Jesus but keeps it to himself and doesn't try to force it on other people is okay by me. I try to be as accepting as possible.