Do Atheists hate religious people?

Question

i wanted to know if most Atheists hate people of ALL other religions and think they are all stupid and delusional. Or, do they just feel that way about those who push their religion on others. I also wanted to know the Atheists take on the Golden Ratio?

I'd like to add that I have profound respect for Atheists. They are freethinkers who are not afraid to share their views. I've been watching alot of videos that group all believers togather as terrible people. I just wanted to know how common that was. My belief in the Divine is based on personal experience and LOGICAL conclusion based on that experience. I have seen more than one ghost in my time. And while I can't present evidence to the general public, this was irrufutable evidence. I also have alot of prophetic dreams to a point that they cannot be denied. i;ve studied time and mathematics as both secular and religious tools. Things like the Golden Ratio and the measurement of Time 'slow spots" fascinates me. From this evidence, I have hypothisized that there is a Divine presence for lack of a better term.

I was really referring to the Golden Ratio. Not the Golden Rule.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio

I guess I see the Golden Ratio as evidence of some intelligent order in the universe.

Answer 1

I was raised in Holland, it's safe to say that's an Atheist country. I have never even seen a relious person until the age of 16. Or at least not that I was aware of meeting one. I am an Atheist.

I'm 27 now, travelled large parts of the world, and met many religious people, some who I concider to be my friends. Some of the most loving people can be found amongst Muslims, Pagans, Christians, etc.

It's the fundamentalists that I can't stand. People who judge others based on a book, or based on the lack of a book. That goes for fundamentalist from every spectrum, including my own group. Fundamentalist Atheists actually annoy me more than fundamentalist Christians, because they give 'my group' a bad name.

People are people, no matter how many Gods they believe in.

Answer 2

I get along just fine with religious people who respect the separation of church and state. I even don't mind if they try to convert me to their beliefs, if they will do it as a full two-way conversation and not with the attitude of "you better convert or you'll be damned to eternity in hell!".

I get really annoyed when religious people deny science and try to teach their delusional faith in science classes in public schools, but I don't really hate the people, I just hate their delusion.

Do you mean the Golden Ratio, or the Golden Rule? I think they are both great. The golden ratio is a a great mathematical constant that appears often in both nature and art. And the Golden Rule is really the only commandment that rational people need to live an ethical life.

Answer 3

I look at people as individuals and give them the benefit of the doubt until they show themselves unworthy of that by pushing, preaching, and being condescending, arrogant, or self-righteous.

I think the Abrahamic religions have the highest likelihood and instance of stepping over the line that between one person's rights and the next person's rights. I've not had bad experiences with Pagans, Buddhists, and so on.

But, everyone I know just about is a Christian. It would be a sad life indeed if I saw "Christians" rather than people - so even with those religions, I focus on individuals rather than the groups to which they belong and give everyone a chance.

PS... I've not heard of the Golden Ratio. I'll have to read up on that.

Answer 4

bluefire: Stalin was an Atheist and murdered millions with his death squads. Only dysfunctional religion tries to cram their religious views down the throats of others !!! As far as, the "Golden Ratio" is concerned, I would be interested too in seeing postings on this ! Joe R is trying to make a statement (above) ... Joe R ... have you considered the cold hard physical evidence of science God left for atheists to dig into ? It seems you have looked at all the "evidence" to disprove God's existence to suit your own stance ... but ask yourself the question ... What if I'm wrong ? The answer is there for you to see in the "raw" if you will put your prejudice down because it is a barrier to any truth . The choice is yours !!!

Answer 5

If I regard religion as a sin against thinking can I say "Love the sinner, Hate the sin!" like they do.

And what would you want to know about Phi, 1.618>It is the basic angle in the pentagram and the basic ratio that the chords of the pentagram star cross at, It is the golden mean, It gives a spiral shape that is constant, like a fractal, it corresponds to the growth series of Fibonacci, It is the angle that gives Penrose tiling. It is an underlying number in Aperiodic Crystals (search for Bleen). It is a general sign of life. Not evil.

Edit: after i posted the first thing I saw was the answer above mine. That dude is hilarious. I am still laughing. clever atheists rock.
PS. please stop capitalizing atheist. It is a philosophical position, not a religion.

Answer 6

In general I do but many atheists are more forgiving of you lot trying to brain wash us in school with your crazy delusional bullshit. If all the religious people were kidnapped by aliens or killed off by a disease which only afflicted religious people I'd throw a party. Religious people can't even accept logic or science so they are a complete waste of space.

Answer 7

No, most atheists do not hate religious people. We might hate the effect religion has on these people, and on our society through them, but it's largely not their fault.

As for the golden ratio, what do you want to know? Seems like more of a mathematical than a theological question.

Answer 8

I'm a flaming atheist and I assure you I do not hate religious people at all. Most everyone I know is religious. I am in the minority. I quite frankly don't give a damn what anyone's religion is or what they think of mine. What I don't like is when people try to push their religion on me. This happens very, very, very rarely. As far as the Golden Ratio, I've never heard of it.

As far as Joe R's silly and inane arguments above. That's just it. They aren't proof of any type. They are simply "arguments". And very poor ones at that.

Answer 9

Atheists don't necessarily hate anybody. However a lot of them seem hate religion itself.

There are smart atheists and stupid atheists just like there's smart and stupid Christians. The stupid atheists (which are over represented in this forum) reason that since they don't see God then God does not exist. The brighter atheists know it's illogical to claim if you don't see it it don't exist so they concentrate on calling religious believers stupid and hope nobody notices that they've dodged the reasoning bit entirely.

Answer 10

Well, I'm agnostic, but I function much like an atheist so I'll answer. I don't hate religious people, and I don't think they're "deluded" so much as that I don't share their faith. Faith isn't something that's arrived at by logic and reason, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad thing: often, using logic to deal with issues just takes up more energy than it's worth. Granted, given ALL of the information and given proper reasoning, you will always arrive at the correct conclusion when utilizing logic, but those are two conditions that usually aren't met.

Though it occurs to me that really all of this doesn't answer the conclusion. I mean, my biggest problem is when logic actually disproves faith, and people refuse to accept it. Now when I say that, realize that it only happens in the weirdest of circumstances. There's no logic to disprove the existence of divine things in general, only to disprove something like "There is an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent entity"