From my last post it is my understanding that there are two kinds of christians and two kinds of atheists. There are caring, kind christians and there are false ones who belittle others in the name of jesus. There are passive atheists that only attack religion in "self-defence" and there are atheists who attack religion as a sort of fun. Yet it seems that aggresive atheists attack christians, the mean christians retaliate back and upset the passive atheists who then accidentaly insult the good christians. Why don't the good atheists and good christians form a temporary aliance and let the mean people know that they are not wanted instead of fighting each other?
2006-08-28 15:29:00 · 18 answers · asked by Helen Boucher 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
BTW I mean on yahoo Q & A, not the wold just yet.
2006-08-28 15:34:48 · update #1
I'm with you ! I've been trying to think how to verbalize exactly what you have said, but you beat me to it. I am in total agreement. I think that the "reasonable" Christians and atheists probably have more in common with each other than with the extreme, somewhat hateful elements on their own respective sides of the argument. Unfortunately, though, even as the answers up to now to this very question show, the nay-sayers and "negativists" won't shut up long enough to even begin to let this happen. It's just like what's going on in our country politically. The extreme Republicans and Democrats won't let up long enough for the reasonable people on both sides to get any work done.
2006-08-28 15:41:39 · answer #1 · answered by Schleppy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most you would get out of good Christians and passive atheists is a "temporary" peace until they find out that you would be going against their friends and maybe even family and it would start a much bigger problem than there was in the first place.
2006-08-28 22:48:24 · answer #2 · answered by Captain Jack Sparrow 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By doing what being mean back. It is hard to have a meaningful conversation with someone who is just attacking you.
2006-08-28 22:34:41 · answer #3 · answered by sickcured? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't the Atheists just stay out of the religious section.... I don't understand why they are here anyway
2006-08-28 22:35:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once you get your "against the mean people" group started you will start being mean to the mean people and be a mean person yourself.
2006-08-28 22:34:58 · answer #5 · answered by raininmyshoe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because mean people can be of any religion including Christian. A.k.a. murderers of Christ.
2006-08-28 22:34:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i try to defend religion and share my point of view at the same time... i never try to insult a religion.
2006-08-28 22:38:34 · answer #7 · answered by XB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Godliness, no matter what your religion is, does not think of the words "Attack", "Retaliate", "Fight", and "Crusade".
2006-08-28 22:36:14 · answer #8 · answered by Petals 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You do realize that on this planet, this sort of thing goes on all the time?
2006-08-28 22:33:16 · answer #9 · answered by christian_lady_2001 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What is you are in the middle?
Just joking.....ignoring them usually does the trick.
2006-08-28 22:34:23 · answer #10 · answered by A_Geologist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋