This one's for the atheist?

Question

Not being smart but serious!!!! Why are many of you so hateful to christians ...i mean arent christians just standing for what we believe? Why do you so vehemently try to disprove God if you cant believe their is one. Is it fear that maybe their is a God and it would mean you might actually have to humble yourself to something more powerful than yourself?

If you are just a hateful atheist without intelligent mature things to say then please pass this one by......

guys chill, i am talking about the idiots who have no idea why they dont believe... and whats up with the "your trying to convert "statements. how am i trying to convert by asking a question. it was not intended to be hateful ..geez. oh and no i am fully convinced of what i believe and as to why i belive based on personal experience. and i thoroughly enjoyed my 2 hour conversation with one of the answerers and im never scared to believe truth whatever it may be.

i am not pre-judging that is why i asked why do some-keyword some-atheist... and i know ...wow you guys make great points...pot..kettle..black..your right but also grouping as well. i never said all atheist...anything!

Answer 1

Theists, especially christians, try to control and restrict us based on their views. If all christians stop crusading against science, culture, art, sex and sexuality, religious freedom and such, and stop telling everybody else they're going to be tortured throughout eternity unless they join you, I assure you that you won't encounter nearly as much hostility.

Of course, theism is still illogical by definition.

Answer 2

Slow down, honey. Think about it: If I were _afraid_ of god, then I never would have become an atheist in the first place. See how that works?

So, to answer your questions (but not in the order they were asked):

Question 3: No, I'm not afraid that maybe there really is a god. In fact, I'm convinced that there is no such thing.

Question 4: I'm fully aware that there are many things more powerful than me -- rush hour and supernovas come immediately to mind -- but that's not an argument for the existence of a god.

Question 2: First, if it's vehemence that troubles you, then you might prefer playing in some more sedate neighborhood of the internet. Second, I don't have to disprove god. You're the one who claims it exists. Fine. Prove it.

Question 1: I repeat -- if you find this forum a little rough, there are other places to play. Neither the existence of your belief, nor its content, entitles you to exemption from criticism or ridicule. If I believed in, say, leprechauns, I would fully expect to be ridiculed from sunup to sundown.

Answer 3

Please don't generalise. It's like saying that all Christians start trying to convert anyone who doesn't agree with them. It's not true for everyone, only for some.

Yes, some atheists are rather "hateful" to Christians, but I see it as a cycle. A Christian (or any other monotheistic religion; Christianity is just a majority in my county) hears that someone is an atheist. Attempting to help, the Christian tries to "enlighten" the atheist by reading passages from the Bible to "save" the atheist. The atheist gets annoyed by this, but the Christian doesn't stop. This causes the atheist to get annoyed with religious people. If this occurs multiple times, the atheist might just start thinking that ALL Christians are close-minded and oppressive, and the atheist might become short-tempered with all Christians because of it. This, in turn, causes Christians to have unhappy encounters with atheists even if the Christians in question didn't even do anything to infringe on the other's beliefs (or lack of them). So, with enough of THESE encounters, Christians end up thinking atheists are all cynical, insulting people. Thus, some Christians might retaliate by being short-tempered as well, which just makes the mess worse.

So, "many" of us are not "hateful" to Christians. Some of us are, but that doesn't automatically make the majority hostile to such religious believers. And, for those atheists that are rather hostile to believers, it's not from "fear that... the[re] is a God." It's just from annoyance with other Christians who are close-minded.

Answer 4

I'm sorry you have this faulty impression of us atheists. I can assure you that I am not hateful to christians or any other god-believers.

I do not mind at all when people stand for their beliefs as long as they admit that they are just beliefs. If they start claiming their beliefs as facts, then I ask for some evidence. Wouldn't you?

I do not try to disprove god (vehemently or otherwise). I do not need to disprove anything that hasn't been proven in the first place.

No, I do not fear the possibility of a god. I do not fear the unknown, that is why I disbelieve.

Answer 5

Let's look at it like this - How many people have atheist's killed to stop people believing in God compared to the 100,000+ which the Christians killed on the big "Love God" campaign in the Dark and Middle Ages? How many scientist's have been tortured and killed because they discovered something (like that the world revolved around the sun, and is actually round) was different to the Bible teachings.

So many reasons to be hateful towards Christians. But in reality it is not the Atheists who are hateful, and those who are, probably do so only in retaliation to the blind single-mindedness of some Christians, who are unwilling to listen to logic and reason. You might not agree with their thoughts, but everyone has a right to express themselves with out resorting to petty name-calling.

If God actually exists, then I am perfectly happy to humble myself to a higher power - are you willing to be humble if he doesn't?

Answer 6

It would be very hard for atheist to be hateful to Christians or any religion b/c we are in the minority. Do you think we meet in group and discuss ways to make life difficult for theists? I've probably met 5-10 atheists my whole life, the rest of my friends and co-workers are all from different religious backgrounds. I respect their beliefs and mostly they don't know my beliefs b/c I fear the religious backlash. I have to be completely sure someone will not freak out about me being an atheist before I will share that information.

Answer 7

You should not judge. You are not being a very nice Christian when you are question the atheist. If you are living to your true Christian belief. Thoust shall not pass judgement. Im not one bit, an atheist. I have STRONG beliefs in God. I do know , for a fact, that in most bibles all over, thoust shall not judge, is in many of them. If you truly believe in God, then let God, take care of the non believers. Let them live their lives, perhaps, finding a new light. You have no authority, to tell anyone how to live. Live your life to the best of your abilities and faith. Give those who have no faith, perhaps, find it in their own way. Jesus never force fed his beliefs down the throats of others. People observed and chose to believe. You are force feeding your beliefs and not giving anyone a chance to choose.

Answer 8

Why do you vehemently try to prove god when their is no proof he exists?
Please do not generalize the term atheists. I do not hate Christians, and you very much offend me by saying that. I have christian friends, christian grandparents, and a brother that believes in god, and when you say that all of us HATE Christians, you are being unbelievably ignorant.
Do not make us sound like puffed up people who only care about ourselves. That is RUDE, and no one, atheist or theist, wants to be spoken to like that. Not a single atheist on this sight thinks god is real, so why should we fear something we don't believe in?
Next time, get your facts straight. And next time, don't be so insulting to atheists by making it sound like all of us are rude, ungrateful, puffed up people.
Like you are.
Edit: You never, not one in that whole rambling pointless paragraph, say 'some' atheists. Rather, you say 'why are so MANY of you hateful to christians?'
Right there you assume stupidly that the majority of us hate christians a lot. Get a life.

Answer 9

I can't speak for all atheists, but I don't think that most do hate Christians. I certainly don't! I think that the hostility that you detect in some is due to the fact that some people don't like being in a group that is marginalized by mainstream society. Atheists are often expected to participate in religious cultural rituals that they don't believe in, mention a god they don't believe in when saying the pledge of allegiance, and some have been harassed by well-meaning Christians who want them to convert. It can make one defensive about one's lack of faith, and it can make one feel the need to challenge the dominant beliefs that are being imposed around you. Personally, I am fine with people having their own religious beliefs, but if (for example) people are going to push Intelligent Design (based on faith) into science (based on reason and falsifiability) class, then sure - I'm going to point out that there is no scientific evidence for god! I mean, you believe in god and think its okay to talk about your belief, so why shouldn't atheists talk about their lack of faith in god?

Besides, not believing in god doesn't mean you don't believe in a power higher than yourself, it just means you don't believe in god. There is a difference. I don't believe in god because I don't. If I said I did, I would be lying. Would you prefer that atheists just lied and pretended we believed in something that we do not? Why don't you try not believing in god, and see how easy it is for you. It probably isn't, and vice versa.

Answer 10

Well I don't hate Christains, but Christains that try to shove there ideas down our throat. I don't know where you would meet an athiest that is hateful, plus the only ones I see are Christains that are hateful towards athiest. Plus the whole disprove god thing. I mean there is many reasons why athiest do it. Its hard for me to expalin. That is all I have to say.

Answer 11

Not all of us are like that but to be fair i havent seen a great appreciation towards us from christians and weve been recieving jsut as bad treatment that few atheists have been giving out