for the athiests?

Question

who thinks that you are being treated unfairly? im athiest and think people are very hatefull towards athiests. what do you think?

Answer 1

If you haven't noticed, all political, philosophical, economic, social, ethnic & (a)religious groups are attacked onY!A.

Sorry, but athiests are not special in that regard.

Good luck!

Answer 2

In America, atheism is treated as also meaning not having any morals. People here are so confused that they think not believing in any gods is the same as not believing in anything. They did a poll to see who people would vote for for President. Overwhelmingly Americans say that if a candidate were otherwise well qualified for office they wouldn't vote for a Atheist.
I figure this is for several reasons. One is just plain ignorance. They don't know a lot of people who are openly atheist and they figure that their morality comes from their god so someone without a god must be immoral. That's why we need more people to admit to being atheist, despite the prejudice, to demonstrate that atheists are the same as anyone else.
Another reason is that their religion specifically preaches that we are foolish liars. Rather than taking that as a sign that their religion is just vilifying the opposition so that they don't consider the opposition a lot of religious people believe their Holy Book when it says this.
The third reason is that atheism is a threat to their world view. If someone believes another religion, that person is thinking the same way, just buying a different brand. Our atheism challenges their fundamental assumption for which they really have no evidence. When we say the emperor has no clothes then they must either consider the possibility or condemn us and hang out with other people who praise the fashion sense of the emperor.
I am lucky and live where there are lots of atheists. So I don't personally feel the prejudice in my daily life. The best way to change people's minds is one at a time by living a good life and presenting a living refutation of all the ridiculous stereotypes they have of us.

Answer 3

I don't think I am being treated unfairly. I just think Christians would rather believe than think for themselves or research for themselves.
My mother who has always been a kind, honest, loving good person who never talked about anyone anytime did not bring us kids up with church going. Therefore I went to lots of different Church's with friends. I learned a lot from all kinds of religion. The one thing I learned the most was that there sure are a lot of Hippocrates in Church who think they are better than all the Atheists. And that's funny since they never opened one book not written by a christian to find out for themselves if their religion was right or wrong in any way.
You can always learn something new no matter how long you live.

Answer 4

Definitely. I'm agnostic, but I only reveal that to the family and close friends who won't give me a hard time about it. I will not let any co-workers know that I'm agnostic -- they would think I'm the "anti-Christ" or something and have no respect for me at all. I wonder if Atheists and Agnostics are discriminated against worse than minority ethnic groups, worse than homosexuals, worse than just about any other group. I think if you live in the "Bible Belt" part of the U.S., then yes -- being Atheist/Agnostic is the worst thing there is, in the minds of most Christians. I doubt the U.S. will ever elect an Atheist president.

Answer 5

Sort of. The majority of the US is Christian. Christians, to me, fall into two categories. The stupid, and the accepting. The accepting Christians will believe what they believe, offer you their opinions, and not dislike anyone for their chosen religion or whatever. Most of my family and friends are these people. Then there are the stupid ones. The ones that INSIST that you're going to hell, the ones that force everyone to say "In God we trust" while saying the pledge, the ones that try to ban gay marriage, and etc.
But if you think about it, creationism still isn't taught in most schools. In that way, we have the upper hand.

Answer 6

no more than anybody else. although when i tell people that im athiest, they immediately assume that i hate all religions and religious people, which i dont. and then they freak out because im godless and have no conscience or morals and im goin to walk down the road and kill someone at any moment. so i ask this of everyone, dont fall into the traps of believing stereotypes. i do have morals and as well a conscience.

Answer 7

You are entitled to your beliefs. I would rather a kind atheist than a fundamentalist suicide bomber.
It is against the Pagan laws to try to "Convert" a person to the creed, for that would be interfering with your free will.
However a true Pagan WILL respect your your belief system as your own personal truth and leave it at that. We have no axe to grind, or millions of churches to re-roof, so making money is not part of our agenda.
Basically all we say is that every person is fully accountable for his/her own actions.

Love and Light
M

Answer 8

I don't feel I'm being treated unfairly. Nobody is physically attacking me. People have a right to say what they want and i have all the right to not let it effect me. You have to consider the source when you get hateful responses.

Answer 9

You have to understand they've been brainwashed for centuries. And they're afraid of their hell fantasy, and they mean well, when they want you not to go there.

Not long ago, you'd have been called a witch and burnt. Now, they only call you names (probably, the fact we have laws to protect our right not to believe is helping, too). Anyway, progress is being made. But I agree with you that sometimes it's really annoying.

Answer 10

Of course we are. Look at how like only 10% of people would vote for an atheist for president. Discrimination!