They complain about believers preaching and trying to convert when they do the same. The 'free thinkers' tolerate anyone to freely think as long as it is within their 'belief' systems. They ridicule and mock believers and call themselves 'tolerant'? What do you think?
2006-12-30 15:57:08 · 10 answers · asked by I.M. 3 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
YEP!
2006-12-30 16:01:06 · answer #1 · answered by cheyenne 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Thank you for pointing this out.
I am rather intolerant of the religious right evangelical (Christians) I use Christians because they are the majority in the U.S.A. if the Muslims were the majority and acted the same as the Christians I would feel the same towards them as well.
You can live your life believing in rewards after your death
OR
You can live your life like many evangelical Christians and believe you deserve rewards here and now.
One of many examples of this is the exemption from property tax that churches get.
Why can't those agnostic/atheist/free thinkers get that tax break?
But I am just being a hypocrite or something .
Have a nice day
Oh and by the way if you are not the right type of Muslim you are going to go to hell.
2006-12-30 18:08:11 · answer #2 · answered by concerned_earthling 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course a lot of atheists and freethinkers are hypocrites - they are people too, although admittedly damned. Hypocrisy is a human trait that we all fall victim to, and the best form of hypocrisy is when someone denounces hypocrisy in others while being hypocritical themselves, thus becoming hypocritical about hypocrisy. Oh so beautiful.
But yeah, most people who are "atheists" or "free-thinkers" tend to have that itch to convert people, because they tend to be of the type that is constantly considering questions about God and religion. It is natural to want to share your opinions, and to argue in favor of them, and this is what happens. Is it hypocritical for an atheist to denounce Christians attempting to convert someone when the atheist does the same? Yeah, but, on the whole, atheists usually don't start a kid off when they are young telling them that there is no God, or trying to argue with them about faith and Jesus (at least I've never seen it happen and have never done it myself).
The same point goes with freethinkers trying to keep people thinking within their belief system. Althouh a person may believe they think freely, there is a tendency to consider that which we believe at the current moment correct, and everything else incorrect, so this leads us to consider those who fall within our fold "right" and those outside of it "wrong." Such is life, and as long as we remain the human race, this is how we will function.
Even if the world were ruled by a bunch of freethinking atheists, we would still burn our heretics. But hey, life is short, and everyone likes a martyr.
2006-12-30 17:04:32 · answer #3 · answered by waefijfaewfew 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Alas, atheists and free thinkers, like other humans, are not perfect (or even logically self-consistent.) All of us are only human and I wish we'd all give each other a break.
Once upon a time in my youth I hung out with a black-clad rather bohemian group (nice, interesting, fun people, but in spite of their beliefs, they'd hardly cornered the market on "free-thinking") and was endlessly amused by their insistence that I was a lemming because I didn't dress like them...(They apparently weren't big on irony either...) So I don't think clannish behaviour only extends to religious viewpoints, but pretty much spans the gamut of human experience.
I also shared an office with an atheist in grad school and it took me a surprising amount of effort to convince him that it was not hypocritical to get married in a church (his wife-to-be really wanted this) since if he really believed what he said he believed then it was only a building...(he didn't need to pretend he was religious to do this.)
I try to be open minded and a free-thinker, but it takes constant diligence.
2006-12-30 16:15:01 · answer #4 · answered by Patienttraffic 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would like your opinion on radical christians. Don't you think that there are christians that act in an intolerant, un-christian way? Do you think that the percentage is about the same as the atheists who you consider hypocrites?
The number of hypocrites on either side is small, they just stand out more than the tolerant majority, that's all.
If someone asks me my opinion, I give it to them; even if it disagrees with them. I'm quite happy to listen to anyone.
2006-12-30 19:12:14 · answer #5 · answered by Terracinese 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The most hypocritical people I know call themselves "Christians". It is absurd to believe that anyone of another faith can't reach "heaven". If we are ALL God's children, and created in God's image, then why did God create homosexuals? Why did God allow for the rise of all religions? And "tolerance"? HAH!! THAT"S a GOOD ONE! The Religious Right certainly has no tolerance for anyone who isn't one of them. Pretty sick, I think!
2006-12-30 17:08:40 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Almost, if not all religious groups are hypocrites, like Christians killing others yet having "Thou shalt not kill" as one of the laws or Buddhist monks re-acting to situations they didn't absolutely need to. Or modern pagans doing evil witchcraft.
Plus it's religion, a massive bandwagoning service that makes everyone want their friends to join in on, it may not be healthy for the friendship, but hey, lets bandwagon anyway.
2006-12-30 16:10:55 · answer #7 · answered by Cory W 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Kind of generalizing here, but i think most groups are guilty of being kind of hypocritical at one point or another.
2006-12-30 16:38:41 · answer #8 · answered by Natalie - 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Not all do as you describe. Just as, not all believers are narrowminded or intolerant.
2006-12-30 16:03:25 · answer #9 · answered by Fiona Volpe © 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think they are ignorant.
2006-12-30 16:00:37 · answer #10 · answered by mburleigh8 5 · 1⤊ 5⤋