Is making people ashamed of believing in God a good way to convert them to be Atheists?

Question

Most cultures were destroyed by making people feel inferior and ashamed of their culture

The belief in God is a culture more than it is a belief. People are programmed to say "God bless you" They're born into a God believing world

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Answer 1

if someone is a strong believer in their God, they aren't going to feel ashamed in the first place. so no, its not a good way.

Answer 2

Making people feel ashamed of ANY of there personal beliefs is wrong in the first place. I don't see the words "convert & Atheist" in a sentence very often. You're right that a lot of cultures were destroyed by missionaries making indigenous people feel inferior and this was/is a horrible thing. Live and let live.

Answer 3

Sure. When I have a religion based discussion with another secular person, and a theist is listening, they often grow very embarrassed, esp. when I point out things about their religion that they didn't know. I don't set out to make them uncomfortable, but when people are faced with educated reasons on why their beliefs are baseless, they feel ashamed.

Too many people are theists without having ever considered the alternatives, so were we to make the alternatives just as prominent and "fun" as theism, more people would become secular. Nearly all my religious friends don't own a bible or at least don't read it, they just loosely follow some of the rules of Christianity or Judaism. I have yet to have a Muslim friend, so I wouldn't know how loosely they might follow their beliefs.

Answer 4

Did you really just write that someone is trying to convert people to atheism?
That is humorous.
What culture was destroyed through shame?
The belief in god is not a culture (are you stating that there are only two cultures on the planet - atheists and theists?).
Try again.

Answer 5

No, inspite of the undeniable fact that i visit get exhilaration from on your project it have were given to be very complicated. hopefully that you'll nonetheless do what you've faith is ideal, it truly is gloomy when you think about that they look to don't have any suggestion that, in a approach, by skill of being rude and forceful they're suited pushing you further from Christianity. They traditionally are best in search of which could also help you, inspite of the undeniable fact that save robust and do not fake to think some ingredient you do not. probably in the shape you talk about it somewhat than hiding from it that you'll placed all of it behind you and flow on. i doesn't say concerns like you won't be able to instruct God's existence, merely tell them that you merely can no longer think it, in spite of ways hard you attempt to that you merely have self assurance that you may want to be able to nonetheless live a awesome existence without faith. good luck.

Answer 6

We cannot make magic sky pixie followers feel anything except angry. If they are ashamed, they need to re-think what they believe. Christians try to make atheists feel ashamed all the time, by their condescending remarks, and directions to go to hell. But, I do not feel ashamed, or scared because of what people who I don't agree with have to say. I am happy with myself. If they are so sure of themselves, they should be happy too.

Answer 7

I think the best way is by appealing to people's intelligence. Religion hooks people because of their emotional vulnerabilities, so trying to de-program them through that method won't work very well. Show them the contradictions and absurdities in their religion, and perhaps at some point they might use their brains and realize that it doesn't make any sense.

The other good way is to be a happy and ethical atheist. Once they see that you don't need to believe a myth in order to be happy or to be a moral person, they might think twice.

Answer 8

I know that I'm not ashamed of believing in God nor am I ashamed of my culture.

But I've gotta admit that I'm very impressed that you have the authority to speak for the other 6,499,999,999 folks on this planet!

Answer 9

I don't know why it would matter... I mean, you either believe or you don't, and no one is going to prove anyone else right or wrong, so why bother converting anyone? If people find comfort in their faith, why would you want to take it away from them. Conversely, if someone is comfortable NOT believing in God(s), then that is their right as well and many religious people would do well to learn to respect that.

Answer 10

It's not going to happen. People have to come to their own conclusions. Forced and/or argumentative religious conversion is unethical, in my opinion. People need to find things out for themselves. It would be better to encourage them to study their faiths very closely, because they all have inconsistencies that make them irrational -- then they can come to that "Hey, wait a minute" moment.