Why do atheists hate only Christians?

Question

As I have become an ardent reader and answerer of questions here in this section, I have noticed that all the mean, cutting remarks are addressed to Christianity. Why is that?

- It wasn't Christians who slammed into the Towers
- It's not Christians who are slaying people with machetes in the jungles of Indonesia
- It's not Christians who are denying religious freedom to people in India

I know all the history of Christians doing HORRIBLE things, i.e., Crusades, Inquisition, Witch Trials, etc. But come on, when in recent history has this been the case? No, you cannot use Ireland, because dumb Protestants vs. dumb Catholics don't count!

Answer 1

I don't hate Christians.

I do distrust all religions, though.

I also hate tyrants. Many Christians are tyrants. President Bush, Paul Hill, and Fred Phelps all oppress people in the name of their god. I don't dislike other Christians just because of these nutjobs.

I also don't hate Muslims because of the jerks that slammed into the Towers. I do hate those jerks for oppressing people. I also hate the Taliban for what it did to its people in the name of religion. I do hate the caste system of India, which has been promoted by some ardent religious people. But I don't hate Hindus in general.

There are Christians who have done horrible things. Many people will die because of the voodoo that some Christians believe in regards to stem cell research. I will hate those ignorant fools. I do not hate the Christian who realizes that religion is his own business and nobody else's.

But, make no mistake. Christianity is full of holes. I will not hesitate to point out the virtue of rape in the Bible. I will snicker a bit at how some people justify murdering children just for taunting a bald man. But that's just pointing out the flaws in an ancient literature.

Incidentally, why don't dumb Protestants vs. dumb Catholics count? They are killing each other for Christianity's sake, just like dumb Muslims are killing others for Islam's sake. Why do the Irish get off scot-free?

Answer 2

I sincerely doubt an atheist will want to hate a christian .....

Anyway :

-- It wasn't Christians who slammed into the towers, but it was cause by extremist Muslim in retaliation for the American's part in Middle East under the pretext of "peace in Middle East".

-- It is not Christians who are slaying people with machetes in Jungles of indonesia, it was the tribal Indonesian and some Muslim extremist, due to poverty and greed. Nothing to do with religion.

-- It's not Christians who are denying religious freedom to people in India. Indian are not denying religious freedom, there are indian Christians. However, had you read the slandering newsletters and the actions of the Christians in India and Sri Lanka? They send newsletters condemming others and stop people from going INTO their place of worship during their holy days. This is hardly acceptable. How would you had felt if a group of people stopping you into the church during christmas and good friday?

Dumb Catholics vs Dumb Protestants does not count .... how about a Dumb President who waged massive wars because he talked to god?

Christians may not be the direct cause, but in large portion an indirect cause. However, they do not see it that way, but as "We are trying to promote the truth and promote peace."

Answer 3

Atheists only hate Christians? Ha! Yeah, right. I'm living proof that this is not the case...I haven't been Christian for over a decade and I still get flak from Atheists. Granted I have friends who are Atheists too but I have run into my fair share of intolerant jerks who make other Atheists like my friends look bad.

I think it only seems that way sometime because, particulary here in the West, Christianity is the dominant religion and a lot of people have grown up in it. I think expressing hostility towards the religion is a way of distancing oneself from the memories of growing up in Christianity and any bad memories that might be associated with that. I know I went through my anti-Christian phase when I first became Pagan...I think everyone does. And like myself most people get over it.

Answer 4

It is the Christians trying to displace the Constitution with their silly Ten Commandments monuments, which they will turn around in a second and claim no longer apply now that Jesus has come, but the New Testament has no laws so they're at a loss.

It is the Christians who are lying about the foundations of America, just like the Sharia Muslims in Turkey who want to overturn the Secular legal system.

It is the Christians in America who are building anti-scientific "Creation Museums" and spreading nonsense about theories which could only be accepted by an illiterate.

It is the Christians who are monopolizing the political process to gain power in the US, not the Muslims.

Answer 5

Muslims, J Witness, Mormons, Baha'ai, and many others take the stance that you are wrong based on their religion

usually, only the most ignorant ones get responses (trolls) for asking dumb or high horsed type questions riddled with bigotry, elitism and snobbery of "holier than thou" pretenses against any unbeliever who won't obey or follow them, or their god

Answer 6

properly, it is unfair. proportion smart, it is easily with regard to the comparable. the comparable styles of human beings tend to hate alongside ideological lines. you will by no potential detect a topic the place all and sundry hate all of yet another human beings. yet there is alot extra Christians, so their hate crammed proportion outnumbers everybody else, and in many situations conditioned protective atheists are puzzled for the certainly hateful atheists.

Answer 7

I don't hate Christians.

However I do not like Christianity and it is because what it has done over the years, and yes Ireland does count.

Answer 8

Christians are dropping bombs and killing innocent people in Iraq and Afghanistan. The US is responsible for killing more innocent people in Iraq and Afghanistan than died on 9-11. There is no denying religious freedom in India. Where did you get that?

It is Christians that want to deny the right of Americans to send their children to non-religious public schools. It is Christians that support Israel and its stealing of the Palestinian land and keeping them improvised and without hope for over 40 years. It was Christians that sold weapons to Iraq and Iran so that they could kill each other. It was Christians that took the money they earned from selling weapons to Iran illegally and then buying weapons and giving them to the Contras, terrorist group. It was Christians that overthrew the democratically elected government in Iran and installed the vicious dictator the Shah of Iran-starting the who fundamentalist problem in the middle east. It was Christians who sold wmd's to Saddam to use on the Iranians. Of course, the entire triad of the Abrahamic religions are the most violent religions going today. Without them, there would be much less war.

Answer 9

i totally agree with Sun, i think it's more the way many (not all) christians go about imposing their religion on society as a whole.

btw, i don't think it's very nice to point out how christians are always on the receiving end of disparaging remarks, & then make a bunch of disparaging remarks about muslims. =(

Answer 10

Please take athiests out of your question. You ARDENT reader you! The ignorance you show only lets me know how uneducated you really are. As long as people like you keep it up, I feel FINE! How many wars, slayings, witch trials, genocides, and HORRIBLE things are athiests responsible for? pretty close huh?