Why do atheists claim to be open-minded when they are so narrow-minded towards Christianity?

Question

I know, Fuj... not all atheists are like that, I completely agree. But from experience, I have yet to see one say that they see at least some truth or sense to Christianity; (even though they say that about Darwinism).

And send an atheist a Christian book or website... they probably won't visit it.

Wow, and what's with some of the commenters here hurling insults at Christians? I'm sorry if my question offended you. It was simply meant to make you think. I don't think that's a reason to get mad.

Answer 1

This gets the same answer as the last.

Why do people take the word of man in their books of wisdom, but refuse to take the word of God in His book of wisdom?

Answer 2

I am not an atheist,...though, I am certainly an agnostic.

I am not narrow minded regarding Christianity. I was brought up in the church and completely respect everyones right to believe and/or worship as they chose. I do not try to change anyone's mind, or bring them over to my side, so to speak. I arrived where I am via studying mythology and the history of ALL religions for many years.

I am left with many, many questions about the development and the credibility of the Christian religion. For example, the story of Noah's flood is almost exact to that of the story of Gilgamesh, which is much older than the story of Noah.

In a nutshell.....don't generalize about people. Many people are the way they are for good reason.

Answer 3

One cannot remain open minded to lies when the absolute knowledge of truth fills one up.

I understand that Christians feel this way, too. That is why we atheists cannot defeat Christians by arguement.

We have a comprehensive plan, however, to eliminate the faithful practice of Christianity through corruption. We will teach evolution in school, we will permeate religious doctrine with compromises, we will analyze religion from the psychological and anthropological positions until it resembles nothing more than a strange cultural habit. Yes, religion will fall to the atheists. It will take many years, but it will fall.

Then, when the lies have been removed from the air itself, we may again open our minds.

Answer 4

Because they have their religion, the same as anyone else. They worship sense-experience and reason, and they don't want to be told that sense-experience and reason are idols: inadequate for any profound examination of human existential reality.

Most of the time, they do this by only engaging the most radically fundamentalist visions of Christian faith. If they were really interested, they would read the whole spectrum of Christian theological opinion.

Answer 5

Give it a rest? They do not believe in a God nor Christ nor any other proclaimed deity. They do not want us to call them names, say they have no minds, say they have a third grade education, say they are from dysfunctional homes, ask if they think they are god when they look in the mirror, be called vulgar names and yes all of this has been done on this forum in the name of Christianity. You cannot be open minded with what you absolutely don't believe in, especially when adherents to what you don't believe in are calling you names, insulting your intelligence, etc. As Christians we do not have the right to respond in kind. Non-believers are free to do anything their mind tells them to - believers are not free to do this.

Answer 6

reasoning brings them answers and with answers they conquer fears and with fears they worry about everything and with more time to see what is in religion they have more confidence to weave themselves a safety net in hopes they to have a plan that will endure, all seem to provide help and hope to the bell curve of time and change, what we profess in one minute can change in the next, in moderation the less dramatic changes can be avoided by narrowing or expanding the mind, left side is very defensive and rights is open to wrong thinking, we battle the deference's to survive either and both and big brother, the more there is to being, the more absolutes that are requested to have a fail safe composite

Answer 7

Everybody is narrow minded. Regardless of whether you're a Christian, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist, Atheist, Agnostic or Muslim, someone is going to be closed minded towards you, and not respect what you believe.

The secret is not to worry about whether people respect you. If other people's acceptance is a major part of your religious experience, then you need to examine that religious experience.

Answer 8

Why is someone narrow-minded just because they don't accept it? So if you reject something, you're narrow-minded towards that thing?

Hell, a lot of atheists here were even Christians earlier in life.

Answer 9

you cant use absolutes like that
not all atheists claim to be open minded
not all self proclaimed open minded atheists are narrow minded towards Christianity

Answer 10

Atheists don't mind other religions so long as the people that follow those religions leave THEM alone about it. Religions (especially Christianity) don't generally leave people alone. Christianity teaches that people have to go around and try to force people to listen.

Answer 11

I am going to have to say that I am not an athiest. However, if you put an athiest and a christian in the same room, I think that the athiest would win the open mindedness contest.