What is it about atheists that they would spend so much time, attention, and energy?

Question

refuting something that they don't believe even exists? Many will attribute their intentions as caring for those poor, delusional people...to help them realize their hope is completely ill-founded. I suspect many if not most have completely different motives in that their looking to believers to convince them otherwise. Thoughts?

Capt Atheism--who is forcing any religion on you? You're in America--freedom of relgion not "from religion." You have yours, I have mine. We good?

FP--I am not refuting anything. I am not pushing myself here to try and convince you of anything. I just wonder what an atheists fascination is with my God.

shittalkinmushroom--I am NOT trying to convince you of anything doll--I am trying to understand your point of view. Again with the anger. Just because a Q is asked -does not mean I am trying to convert you.

rhsaunders--what difference is it to you if I study the bible or knit with my free time if its something I enjoy?

Okay--New Dog Owner--you're psychotic. No one is doing that.

Answer 1

It has nothing to do with athesim at all. The people you are referring to are simply anti-religion. I don't believe in UFOs Bigfoot or the Lochness Monster but I don't care for a second if you do. If you choose to spend your time on those activities then so be it. I am simply not interested. If the atheists were just not believing in God then they should be the happiest narcisistic people alive. Seriously if you honestly believed that life was simply life and when you died it was all over why not eat, drink and be absolutely merry? There are no consequences to living that way so why spend all your time fighting something you don't believe exists?

The answer is most often that they have been wronged by some "religious" person and they are not taking out their anger or frustration by acting out against organized religion. for many people it's a complex defense mechanism to avoid dealing with what went wrong. There is no end to the wrongs done by "religious" people so there will be no end to this sort of behavior.

Answer 2

As a lifelong atheist, I feel qualified to answer you.

"What is it about RELIGIOUS PEOPLE that they would spend so much time, attention, and energy?
refuting something that they don't believe even exists? Many will attribute their intentions as caring for those poor, delusional people...to help them realize their hope is completely ill-founded. I suspect many if not most have completely different motives in that their looking to believers to convince them otherwise. Thoughts?"

Sound familiar?
A-theists are people who do not believe in a THING-person-he-it -who watches out for you, and makes deals with people.
It is silly to me to believe/think that my team will win, because I prayed more or better or god was "with me" and not with the other team/family/nation/world. How would god pick the winner? How would we know? Is the winner the one who gets to die immediately and be "with HIm" or the one who was "spared?" If the first, then why don't we leave all newborns alone to survivie if it is "god's will ?
Why is it a good idea to "live"?
I don't buy it. I can't believe that floods, starvation, wars, disease, insanity, murders, car wrecks, feebleness and infanticide are somehow part of a Thing's PLAN for our planet. And if it is, how could you love it and worship it, and
pray it kills someone NOT in YOUR family. How could you build buildings to honor that? How can you raise your children to love and desire that thing?
It sounds like terrified, illiterate pagans sacrificing virgins to the volcano god. HOW is it any different?
Oh, you have a book! You and anyone else after they were invented. So? It was written by people for people. It is not any more special than the "inspirations" that any artist gets.
Only your book has been used to justify murder, slavery, lust, war, fairy tales of all sorts. And lots of you IDOLIZE this book, more than your own sense.
Well, I am an atheist and I am terrified of fanaticals on all sides fo the relgion question. I don't want only atheists or only christians, or muslims or any other religious affiliation making rules that I have to live by.
I want laws to be passed by the majority of PEOPLE-from all walks of life, who read, and think, and are wise about people's behavior and have the best interests of the WHOLE country at heart.
Maybe I am being arrogant to imagine I know what is a good idea. How is it any LESS arrogant to imagine YOU know the will of GOD-especially since it magically coincides with how you want things to work?
My opinion: Live and let live. Tolerate differences as much as possible. Try not to make a mess of your life. Take care of each other. Leave the world a better place (whatever your definiton of that is) because you accidently got a chance to.
Solve differences with compassion, integrity and with the bottom line being survival of the planet.
Thoughts.

Answer 3

Wasting time on Y! A isn't really what i would consider a lot of time, attention and energy. What i would consider a lot of time, attention and energy:

1. Televangelists
2. How many churches are there of any other belief system when compared to Atheism?
3. 10% of my earnings, or 4 hrs a week of work, plus time spent going to church.
4. Religious persecution. Although i dont have any numbers handy and dont feel like looking it up (too much time and energy to do so) i would bet that this number alone is astronomical.
5. Pushing political agendas which support beliefs of your faith for no other reason than to deny someone else a right.
6. Spreading the word. This is another astronomical figure if you account for door to door folks, bible printing, religious stores, forced religion on conquered peoples, etc.

The list goes on, but i think atheists have a ways to catch up to other religions on the whole "time/energy expended" category.

Answer 4

What is it about christians that they would spend so much time, attention, and energy?
refuting something that they don't believe even exists? Many will attribute their intentions as caring for those poor, delusional people...to help them realize their hope is completely ill-founded. I suspect many if not most have completely different motives in that their looking to believers to convince them otherwise.

FP

Answer 5

Little person, I am atheist, and I have asked myself the same question since I came upon Yahoo Answers a few weeks past. In short, why trouble oneself with adult men and women who believe that a primitive, unknowing god of a murdering tribe of Bronze Age desert nomads is "real"? To some of us, to many of us, perhaps to most of us atheists, such ignorance in the 21st century is both sad and unbelievable.

Answer 6

To mislead people, the demons use spitism. The practice of spirtism is involvement with the demons, both in a direct way and through a human medium. The Bible condemns spirtism and warns us to keep free from everything connected with it. (galatians 5:19-21) Spritism does for the demons what bait does for the fishermen. A fisherman uses a variety of baits to catch various kinds of fish. Similarly, wicked spirits use different forms of spirtism to bring all sorts of people under its influence. One type of bait used by demons is diviation. What is deviation? It is an attempt to find out about the future or about something unknown. some forms of diviation are astrology the use of tarot cards, crystal gazing, palmistry, and the searchy for mysterious omens, or signs, in dreams. MANY MANY people think that practising spirtism is harmless, the lord God shows that fortune tellers and wicked spirits work together. Not all who say LORD LORD well dwell in his kingdom. May it be up to you to believe. GOD BLESS!!

Answer 7

I don't believe in Bilbo, Frodo, or Sauron, but yet I've participated in massive hours-long discussion-debates about the nature of the plot and ethical overtones of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

I don't believe in werewolves, but my final paper for English Composition II in college was a critical analysis of the creation mythologies of the tribes of werewolves in the role playing game, "Werewolf: The Apocalypse."

You present a knowledge system. Whether I agree with it or not, I can play with it, study it, interpret it, apply logical analysis to it, and look for deeper meanings in it.

I needn't believe in a thing to have an interest in it.

Answer 8

The same as those who are believers. To share ideas (at least try) explain why we chose not to follow religion and why we think religion is incorrect. Also to show that those who are religious fanatics are making the rest look bad and finally to show that it is not right to force or try to convert people into their religion.

Answer 9

I'm a big Star Wars fan.

I love to have in-depth discussions with other fans on the movies.

I don't think any of the characters, places, ships, or weapons in the movies are real.

Also, Star Wars fans aren't trying to legislate The Force into the American judicial system.

Somehow, I bet you still won't understand.

Answer 10

I think that the atheists that we hear from enjoy putting God down and making fun of people who believe in a religion. I don't think they have any intention of being a prophet and bringing us to the "correct" way of thinking.