Is it easier to dislike christians or atheists when you don't know them?

Question

I am christian but in my family we have thugs,atheist, theist, unitarian, catholic, baptist, sharmans and a voodoo doctor. My atheist aunt emailed me a joke I posted it and got ripped a new one because ppl thought I disliked atheist and I don't dislike them or any of the other beliefs that are in my family. They all have exposed me to many different ways of thinking and I thank them but I know what I believe and for that even their friends and I have great respect for each other. So I have met different believer and just like any person some ppl I like some I don't but just like in my family some I like more than others but they will aways have my respect because they have a conviction and stand on what they believe. The one common factor is that we all do love each other and allow each other to disagree but not to the extent of verbal, mental or physical abuse. In all, can you like ppl you know and except them more than ppl you don't know or do you need to know them to except them?

Thug...that is street religion, they live or die by the gun. Sorry for (ex) accept.

Answer 1

What a great question! Your family sounds so diverse.
You also sound like a great person.

To answer your question, there are some people here that I like, even though I don't know them: Christians AND atheists.

There are some on both sides, the ones who are so adamant about their beliefs and views and who seem to hate others, that make me sad.
The ones who refuse to see that we are individuals and are not all lumped in one group upset me, for that is so false.

Answer 2

at the beginning, I take difficulty with the phraseology of your question, because it means that atheists hate or dislike Christians. i don't be attentive to why the demonization of persons for embracing reason maintains, yet i'm letting you be attentive to that it became right into a poor decision of words. on on your question. No. it extremely is not any longer a risk to be extremely tolerant on an identical time as witholding tolerance from a go with few. each group in the worldwide that preaches "tolerance" is to blame of this to an quantity, and that i don't be attentive to what might properly be executed approximately it. i hit upon fault with human beings of all faiths because of the fact their faith is inherently divisive. i do no longer perceive you as "wacko," or "undesirable," considering you're a Christian. I merely think of which you have studied the questions of the universe and are available up with the incorrect solutions. i won't have the capacity to fault all people for that. in spite of the shown fact that, whilst solutions like this lead human beings in the direction of hatred and intolerance, i've got self assurance like I could say something. keep in mind that 50 years in the past interracial marriage became into seen to be evidence of "ethical decay," and "a risk to classic values." Now, interior the twenty-first century this sounds ridiculous to all however the main backward racists. yet, in spite of this historic suggestion, the comparable accusations fly in the direction of gays who prefer the main suitable to marry. Intolerance is legitimized and justified with the aid of maximum faiths. How am I meant to "tolerate" people who stay with the aid of those structures? i don't be attentive to, yet i'm attempting to paintings all of it out.

Answer 3

hey, me too. I'm an atheist, my boyfriend's a baptist, my grandma is a muslim, my bestfriends are christian and buddhist, my parents are catholics, my aunts are atheists. as for thugs, i don't really know where that fits in... my boyfriend used to be but not since I've known him, he's a hardworking man and hates trouble. My aunts are lesbians and mental illnesses like schizophrenia and bi-polar run in my family. My uncle is 5.... heh, my family's so weird. I love them all.

Answer 4

I don't dislike Atheists. I do however, hate what they stand for. It is not the person, it is their chosen behavior. Most are arrogant and think they are so much smarter than Christians, because they use their minds and science....who's going to help them when science lets them down. If you believe in evolution, you are three fries, short of a Happy Meal...but you are entitled to believe that. God gave you the right to have faith in evolution or in him..

Answer 5

I think that is a great point, about most things, we are much more likely to be polite to a person in real life, and I do think that being anonymous is part of what lets all the trolls out :)

For instance
It is easier to drop bombs on people you don't know, or can't see, and the list goes on. Meeting people usually makes it harder to put them in a general box, of people you dis-like.

That said people will usually say that they are different from those other ___________.

Thanks for a great question

Answer 6

I don't dislike people because of their beliefs, I dislike individuals for many different reasons, be careful next time of who you email certain jokes to, because some people are unnecessarily sensitive about nothing

Answer 7

Christians.

Answer 8

I find I dislike people (regardless of your specifics) a WHOLE lot more AFTER I know what they're about ... that has the added benefit of providing justification for avoiding them ...

Answer 9

I dislike people for who they are not what they believe. It is usually what they do with their beliefs I don't like not the actually believing. If that made sense?

Answer 10

Your family sounds so average! What family ISN'T dysfunctional? I'm sure you mean to use the word "accept" not "except". As a Christian and a lover of Christ, I do my BEST to love my neighbor. That doesn't mean I have to LIKE my neighbor. I still must be selfless to all and accept others as creations of God.