2007-05-31 15:45:45 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes I do think it's funny. I feel Atheists are a bunch of hypocrites.
2007-05-31 15:49:11 · answer #1 · answered by Steve 2 · 8⤊ 13⤋
How can some people actually judge Christians on a general basis? The fault of one is not the fault of all. I am a Christian and I do study science, and I also do study other religions. Christianity is not prejudiced as a whole.
As for me, religion is not what matters... it's faith that matters--faith in whoever or whatever you believe in. Yes, you can question other people's religions but you have got no right to question their faith!
2007-05-31 17:38:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question has one problem.
My philosophy is "live and let live" and "no tolerance for intolerance" in government ONLY. The private sphere can do or believe however hey like.
1. Religious intolerance: I do not like religion when it uses government to crush my freedom. I oppose it. I am particular critical of fundamentalist Christianity and radical Islam, because those are the worst offenders in terms of government coercion.
2. My view of religion: Any negative views that I have of religion are spread in the public sphere, without using government tax dollars or pandering to the tyranny of the majority. This freedom is extended to others to dislike my position. My problem is when that disagreement becomes coercive in government, from any position.
I do not try to force my atheism onto other people using secular, democratic government. Religion, however, has tax-exempt status and special privileges, including government funding for "faith-based" groups, all of which are Christian.
Furthermore, Bush is paying billions to finance anti-AIDS campaigns that focus on the religious teachings of abstinence only until marriage, while downplaying the use of condoms to fight disease. This is also true of abstinence education in public schools, and the addition of "under god" to the pledge of allegiance in the communist scare.
That is religion in government, and it is intolerance. So you could say that I disagree with religion, but am intolerant of religious nutters in government.
2007-05-31 16:56:14 · answer #3 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why would an Atheist whine about feligious intolerance when religion means nothing to him or her? Can you cite an example?
2007-05-31 16:01:26 · answer #4 · answered by Stew 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I am not intolerant of the religious folks out there... I am intolerant of the religious ignorance and hatred that religion promotes.
Be a person and not a robot!
2007-05-31 16:13:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well lets see: Religion, I must assume you mean christianity because so far I've seen few who make the distintion, has forced it's way into the government when they shouldn't be there.
Also Christians hunt down and degrade other religions, i.e. being religiously intolerant. A lot of Atheists are intolerant of the christian religion because you won't leave them alone, like knocking on their doors, handing out flyers at the stores and generally annoying people.
So In this regaurd yes it is ironic that Atheists have to be intolerant of one religion because of it's intolerance.
2007-05-31 15:52:53 · answer #6 · answered by heraldofthetwilight 1 · 10⤊ 3⤋
I am not intolerant of religion and many atheists i know are ok with all religions. It is the few who want to force us to believe in the myth as if it were fact
2007-05-31 16:00:31 · answer #7 · answered by Freethinking Liberal 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Atheists very logically gripe about religious persecution because they are routinely beseiged by Pharasees who are too bone dumb to "live and let live" with respect to them.
Meanwhile, how often have we ever seen atheists seeking to deny important individual liberties to "religious" people?
Suggestion: Rule out atheists seeking to support the separation of shurch and state. NO one's individual liberties are at stake if, for example, "In God We Trust" were to be removed from our currency. The money would still spend as before, and the government would no longer be endorsing a religion. Harmless.
2007-05-31 15:59:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
The best time to be intolerant is when it can be justly used to reduce unjust intolerance.
For example, it is unjust for you to legislate your religious intolerance towards gays into law. I will not tolerate that bigotry, and will fight it until gays have equal civil rights under the law.
It is unjust intolerance when you attempt to subvert public science curricula by discrediting legitimate science and inserting pseudoscience. I will not tolerate that.
You're free to believe whatever religious beliefs you want. I'll even support your right to believe your religious beliefs. But I will not tolerate your attempting to impose your beliefs on others who do not share your beliefs.
2007-05-31 15:56:43 · answer #9 · answered by Jim L 5 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Who is crying and more importantly who is not tolerating you and your beliefs. I believe that everyone is entitled and we may have a difference in views, but we should respect each other and get along.
It is most often Christians who are the intolerant ones.
atheists simply asked questions to further our knowledge and you tell us what horrible people we are. that is not christian like.
2007-05-31 16:06:11 · answer #10 · answered by Vintage Glamour 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
atheists have nothing to do with religion. we are just the ones who merely went about our daily lives while some other people made up a divine wrathful being who rules their lives. we are not intolerant, we just dont want you to shove your beliefs in our faces.
2007-05-31 15:58:40 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋