Atheists: does it concern you if you meet another atheist to learn that they disagree strongly with you about

Question

* politics?
* abortion?
* the War on Terror?
* the nature of atheism?
* climate change?
* globalization?
* evolution?
* parenting?
* capitalism?
* animal welfare?
* sex?
* movies?
* whether OJ did it or not?

Or anything else I haven't thought of?

All comments welcome.
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Answer 1

No. I imagine most Atheists will disagree with me politically because I am pro-life and a Libertarian, but I respect them so much for being atheist I can let all of that slide.

Answer 2

With questions like this, I always wonder what the point is.

I tend to assume you're gunning for the conclusion that "atheists are intolerant." Maybe I'm wrong, but I doubt it.

The answer is that some are and some aren't. Same with Christians.

Personally, speaking as an atheist (in other moods I'll speak as a pantheist), I'm always willing to get into a heated debate about all the stuff you're not supposed to discuss at the water cooler. But it's not my goal to change everybody's mind or force them into group-thinking with me. I think people are hardwired to disagree, and there are certain classes of mind between which it's impossible to find common ground for discussion - they simply don't understand each other and they never will.

Answer 3

Nope. Being a conservative atheist puts in a minority group of our minority group. I often disagree with fellow atheists about most of the things on that list.

It never concerns me as long as someone has thought out their position. Most atheists do think it through. So we can disagree.

Answer 4

I would expect fellow atheists to have many different views about many different things.
I think that most atheists came to their way of thinking only after a long and thoughtful examination of the facts at hand. As such they are a very intelligent group of very independent thinkers who tend to disbelieve dogma.
Of course they think differently.

Answer 5

Some of those, yes, namely the "War on Terror", evolution, and animal welfare.

Regardless of religious beliefs.

Answer 6

No. The wonderful thing about atheism is that we aren't pressured to fit into someone else's way of thinking. We don't base our ideas about the things you listed, or anything else, on preconceived notions of what we "should" think, just because we are atheists. That's one reason that I disapprove of organized religion -- they feel that your faith-based ideas should always spill over into your legal or political ones. Thankfully, I am free to opionize at will and don't have to worry about whether those opinions glorify anyone but myself.

Answer 7

Yes, besides beliefs and religions, politics is one of the weirdest things humanity could think of, many countries have fought each other because of it

Answer 8

Not at all. It would concern me if we all though the same way. That would indicate that we were all brainwashed. The fact that atheists disagree, lets me know that we are individuals who can evaluate things for ourselves. Have a great day!

Answer 9

If their reasons are realistic, I might be able to learn something. If not, I suppose they can 'believe' whatever they want, as much as they want, just doesn't mean it's true.

Answer 10

No, because chances are, being fellow atheists, they've thought about their stance versus taking what's in a 2000 year old book and touting it as truth.