Why do so many Atheists call religious people "psychos", mean, bad, etc.????

Question

I don't get it! I don't see why what we believe in our own private lives really makes us "psychos". I do realize that some people do go to far, par exampl'e: That creepy Baptist church in Missouri that says "God hates fags". If it's people like that that are making you hate us so much, then you need to take a closer look.

To clarify, I said many, which does not say any specific number or percentage. Steriotyping is saying something like "all" or "most". Many could mean 100. So, steriotyping? I think not.

Answer 1

It is a few bad apples, just live to be the best Christian you can be. That is the only way we will win brother.

In Christ.

Answer 2

Extremists give either side a bad name, but there's more to the name-calling than that. Your religion is the way you frame the meaning of your life. The problem is that the meaning of life is fairly important to some people and they feel the need to share. In fact it's so important, they think it should be universal and that anyone who disagrees has to be either ignorant, incompetent or impudent. It's these well-meaning attempts to save our souls that most atheists resent. They regard it as intolerance. Letting some Christians be means letting them proselytize, which kind of defeats the purpose of tolerance.

Christians who can live with the possibility that it's not a problem with their own presentation, that someone may simply not be interested, will probably not get near the grief that a zealot would. And yes, an atheist who can live with people indulging harmless delusions might also have an easier time than an uncompromising rationalist. Maybe we should all practice saying, "Otherwise, they're perfectly normal," instead of automatically reaching for a verbal brick.

Answer 3

Well, the amount that you can take note of that go too far, THOSE are the psychos. I have no problem at all with most believers, because most are just average everyday kind of people. But there is that percent that are a bit extrema, arrogant, and/or whatnot. But if the shoe doesn't fit then you aren't wearing it.

No matter what group something is about, whether kids in school or about the middle east, the bad ones are always going to bring the most attention and seem to be the ones people think of most...

Answer 4

Just because you don't understand something does not mean that person is psycho.I mean I could turn around and say the same thing about Atheist" How can you live a life without GOD?They must be psychos" We are no psycho, we just do not believe what you believe. to each his own. If we actually lived by this, there would be a whole lot less fighting. GOD bless

Answer 5

For some reason, even "normal", everyday Christians think it is okay to condemn the way other people live their lives. The Christians that rant on tv and radio and try to force their way of life on the rest of us through politics give all of you a bad name. And before you say they are a minority, stop and think. Someone has to support those people or they wouldn't be on the air, cause you know it's all about the money in tv. That means millions of people watch and support and elect these people. I can only base my opinions on what I experience and observe, and what I see is a lot of people who don't like me and want to change me so they can feel better about themselves.

Answer 6

I try noy to call you psychos all psychos, at least most of the time, even if I do personally believe that you are all psychos. And I think you deserve it when I see you supposrting and not objecting or opposing the lunatic religious nuts. If you are not bringing them out and closing them down then you are just as guilty. the answer above is a class example of christian ignorance. That is typical cult think. I understand verry well about your fake Gods, and I am not afraid of ant of your fantasy. It is just fantasy.

Answer 7

let me start out by saying you called a group of people that practice religion a certain way "creepy" so you're no better than any one else.
you answered your own question. people of different belief systems always think that something that's differenty than what they believe or may have some practices they don't believe in mean, bad, psycho, etc. it's human nature to think this way. and this aspect of human nature has, sadly, led to:
holocaust
spanish inquisition
crusades
rwanda
...etc.
any questions?

Answer 8

I don't think most religious people are psycho; just functionally insane. Theists are capable of using rational thought in almost every area of their lives except religion.

If i told most theists right now that i just saw a man rise from the dead or that I seen a man live in a whale's stomach for three days they would demand evidence. But when it is written down in a bronze aged book..they will believe it on faith.

Answer 9

If I told you that I believed in and worshipped an enormous apple core that created the universe and spoke to me thru the grease spots on my kitchen tile and told me that he wanted me to go out unto the world and pour cat pee onto all the rose bushes in the land and that if I did I would spend eternity in swimming pool of melted dark chocolate, paddling happily away while I drank the everlasting chocolate, would you think I was a psycho? I should hope you would. I consider fundamentalist Christians to be be just that whacky.

Answer 10

It's a known fact that if you ain't in the majority you're in the minority. In other words, people tend to put down what they don't understand. If you don't see things the way they do, you're a complete psycho. But what's gonna really bake your bread is, don't religions do this to each other?

Answer 11

Many of the atheists I know don't believe because there is no physical evidence of a higher being. To them, it is "psycho" to believe in something you can't see.