oh boy, here we go
1)Good morning people!!
2) Well some people are always complaining about fundies, still lately i've seen quite a few devoted atheists with clear anti religious ideas here in R&S! I'm wondering whats the ratio of fundamentalists atheists / total number of atheists. I'm guessing it must be at least as big as the same ratio for Christians or muslims, peheaps bigger.
(By fundamentalist Atheist, i'm talking about atheists with ideas that go against religious freedom. I'm quite aware atheists are not an organized group and i don't imply it any way in my question)
Thanks in advance for the answers.
Please avoid ofensive anwers, ok
Thats it, have a nice day
Paz de Cristo
2007-07-18 00:59:14 · 19 answers · asked by Emiliano M. 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
1)atheists don't go against religious freedom- thats a lie, some do.
2)vorenhutz- thanks, for a minute there i though i was going crazy
2007-07-18 14:50:05 · update #1
BUFF .- where did you get the idea i was a fundamentalist?
2007-07-18 14:51:55 · update #2
Robin W- you do seem to have a point, i'm not american though
2007-07-18 14:54:04 · update #3
lot of good answers
2007-07-18 23:39:01 · update #4
i don't have any statistics, but obviously they exist since we can all read their answers - impolite to name names but there seem to be one or two of them here. religion or lack of it doesn't seem to have much to do with that, i would guess it's more determined by personality.
2007-07-18 01:09:19 · answer #1 · answered by vorenhutz 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
... "By fundamentalist Atheist, i'm talking about atheists with ideas that go against religious freedom...."
I've been reading this category for a long time and I've never seen an atheist expressing anything like oppression of religion freedoms. Those against organized prayer in schools, for example, are pro freedom, not against it.
On the other hand, Christians seem to complain that they're being persecuted when they're not allowed to dictate their beliefs to everyone else.
2007-07-18 08:05:48 · answer #2 · answered by Emerald Blue 5 · 7⤊ 1⤋
I most definitely am all for freedom of belief or non-belief for all individuals, not just the majority. I do defend why I have found religion to be irrational because I think too many people only hear the one side of a story. All the information should be out there for people to consider. I am also opposed to any group limiting the free inquiry of science or imposing a particular dogma.
2007-07-18 08:09:31 · answer #3 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think the entire concept of Atheism is spurred by religious and spiritual freedom...so not sure any can be termed "fundamentalist" in any sense of the word.
It is more about the acceptance that not everyone has to believe the way, or the same things that you (or I...not talking you specifically) do.
2007-07-18 08:06:00 · answer #4 · answered by Gwydyon 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Atheist overall are all about Religious freedom the thing that 99.9% of Atheist are against in Blind Ignorance
2007-07-18 08:11:35 · answer #5 · answered by John C 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
How is atheism that goes against religious freedom fundamentalist if there is no organized group or dogma?
2007-07-18 08:06:22 · answer #6 · answered by Monk 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
How exactly are atheists threatening religious freedom? I just don't want my government endorsing religion and using my tax money to advance religion. No one is keeping the religious folks from believing as they do. We're trying to stop them from having their beliefs subsidized by our tax money.
2007-07-18 08:07:09 · answer #7 · answered by Robin W 7 · 8⤊ 0⤋
There really is no such thing as a "fundamentalist" atheist.
I doubt you'd find a single atheist here who is "against religious freedom" -- what they ARE against is ignorance and the blind parroting of whatever one's parents taught them.
2007-07-18 08:01:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
i'm wondering if you know the language "english"
Your question should read "Does Atheism have more fundamentalist 'followers'?"
B.T.W. to be a true atheist you don't believe in Christianity/Judeasim/Muslim/Buddist/Hindu/Athesiem/yourself.
To be an atheist is to believe in nothing......
2007-07-18 08:09:52 · answer #9 · answered by orionsvantage1015 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1)good morning! i'm off today. hizzah! good morning indeed!
2)i don't think too many of them go against religious freedom. but many are against religion. as they suffer from the delusional belief that war and poverty will somehow go away if their conformist ideals became dominant throughout the world. this is not true. religion is occasionally used as justification war. but very seldom is it the actual reason.
additionally, doesn't that need to "inform the entire world" remind you of another major religion?
2007-07-18 08:12:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I haven't heard of such a thing as a "fundamentalist atheist". Defending ourselves from religious fundies doesn't make us one.
2007-07-18 08:06:38 · answer #11 · answered by Anna 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋