Why do atheists say whatever they feel like on this site but religious people are ostracized?

Question

I've seen too many atheists come onto this site and bash religion, and yet no one says a thing to them. However, show any sort of religious belief and you are ostracized. Religious people are often accused of being "closed-minded" (a term which I do not believe has a valid definition) and yet couldn't we equally say atheists are "closed-minded" because they can't accept that some people have religious beliefs? We already know you all atheists don't believe in God, so what point do you non-believers have in coming on here and constantly bashing us believers with any chance you can get? Stop being so "closed-minded" and accept that we believe in God. And stop trying to pursue legal channels in an attempt to make it where we can't even say the word "God" anymore in public you un-American non-freedom of speech believers.

Actually people, I do look at the questions. Just looking down at the current questions, I see "do you feel sorry for Christians?" and "should Christians be forced to wear a muzzle?" Okay, I see anti-religion questions, but where are all the supposed anti-atheist questions?

This isn't an anti-atheist question, this is an anti-bash religion question.

How come every single one of you has assumed that I must be Christian? Christianity isn't the only religion out there.

Answer 1

They are real good at dishing it out but can't take it in the least when some gets dished back.

Answer 2

You have an unjustified persecution complex and some of your facts are incorrect.
Atheists do accept that other people have different beliefs.
The reason I am on this forum is that there are very few other places where an individual atheist can try and protect himself from the invasive nature of religion and especially Christianity into our daily lives. We will not allow you to control our lives.

By the way I am not being unAmerican and I do believe in total freedom of speech and religion. I am English.

Furthermore I have been unjustifiably blocked on this site by some so called Christians.

You should practice what you preach.

Answer 3

First, substantially more atheists have had to create new accounts due to mass reporting from fundies than Christians have had to. So your initial premise is flawed.

Second, have you missed all the questions from Christians claiming atheists to be immoral, satanic, stupid? To say "no one says a thing to [atheists]" is flat out untrue.

Third, more often it is religious people who are close minded as they believe they are the only way to the truth, whereas atheists are more likely to not really give a damn what religion people are as long as they don't try and evangelise.

Fourth, no-one is trying to ban you from saying God. People are trying to prevent you from forcing everyone else to pledge allegiance and pray to a God that they don't believe in. YOU CAN PRAY IN PUBLIC. Just don't disrupt other people when you do it.

Fifth, I'm English. So un-American wasn't a very effective insult. Try again.

Answer 4

Please take a look at the questions again.. You have obviously skipped over that which does not support your hypothesis..

Addition:

I would suggest looking futher back in the questions.. The tide comes in and out around here with ostracizing happening in roughly equal parts over time.. If at the moment the tide seems to be along the christian bashing lines give it some time it will turn...

Addition:

"How come every single one of you has assumed that I must be Christian? Christianity isn't the only religion out there."

Where exactly do I make the assumption you are of any grouping? I never said you were christian, I simply mention of observation that the tide seemed to be anti-christian at the time you wrote the question which was true at the time.. How exactly is that saying you are of any group?

Yet again you show your blatant lack of research to support your hypothesis..

Answer 5

You don't get it. What we are opposed to is gullibility, irrationality, willful ignorance, self-delusion, intellectual dishonesty, drooling stupidity and hypocrisy... i.e., religion.

Right now, in the USA, there is a whole INDUSTRY (Christianity) whose BUSINESS it is to create whole generations of adults who are, at once, gullibile, irrational, willfully ignorant, self-deluded, intellectually dishonest, droolingly stupid and hypocritical... and willing to tithe 10% for having their cognitive dissonance held in check through regular doses of holy bullshit.

Religious 'shepherds' KNOW that their 'flock' (sheeple) are scientifically ignorant and incapable of critical thinking. They KNOW that they find 'scientific' sources' to be intimidating and incomprehensible. These puppet-masters KNOW that their flock (victims) will seek their 'knowledge' from 'trusted' sources... the very-same puppet-masters. When the sheeple hear things like 'scientists claim that humans and apes shared a common ancestor, in the distant past', they experience 'cognitive dissonance'... this information is in conflict with the 'truth' that they have believed for their whole lives. So... where do they go to resolve this cognitive dissonance?... Scientists?... NO! They go to their 'trusted' sources... the sources who KNOW that they have been taught WHAT to think... they have not been taught HOW to think. Sources who KNOW that they can lie, obfuscate, misrepresent with impunity... with absolutely NO RISK that their minions will seek out independent, peer-reviewed corroborating information.

They do their jobs very well indeed.

Here's the key thing to understand... a 'truism'...

1) religious 'belief'... the internalized certainty that specified myths, superstitions and fairy-tales are congruent with 'reality' CANNOT WITHSTAND the glaring light of 'critical thinking'.

2) over 85% of adult Americans profess religious 'belief'

3) THEREFORE, at least 85% of adult Americans have not applied critical thinking to their religious 'beliefs'.

Finally... the upshoot of this is very serious, when you think about it. Around 85% of adult Americans are delusional... MADE that way INTENTIONALLY. Something that account for 85% of ANYTHING can be said to define what is considered 'normal'. So, on that basis... in the USA... INSANITY is 'normal'... and thus, the inmates are running the asylum... and the inmates have control over the most sophisticated nuclear arsenal in the world. THIS is a cause for grave concern.

It is our ethical duty and moral responsibility as sane, rational human beings to intervene, in the hope of protecting vulnerable, questioning minds from the harmful ideological indoctrination (delusions) of 'religion'... like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xKDKq_PPbk&mode=related&search=

Answer 6

Where are the anti-atheist questions?

HERE'S ONE RIGHT HERE.

P.S. Atheists have their motives and their very humanity questioned here daily, hourly, on every quarter hour I'd wager. You're just not looking hard enough.

Answer 7

Not everyone on here is American, so calling them un-American means nothing. For example, I'm English ... so you're quite correct, I am un-American.

I've seen enough people from both sides (religious and none) being mean and criticising the other.

Oh, anti-atheist questions:

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AosUrmlfWaOPSeG6GfWBrLFFLxV.?qid=20070903135040AAN9eHy
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoUYldOH4UR2j_744q28DcdFLxV.?qid=20070903110446AA2W1D9
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArVc426pzIyt9tpEHLcyVRRFLxV.?qid=20070903103214AAwEyKj
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AptyYgIgdlBTH8mHOxQyJNJFLxV.?qid=20070903101001AAGdqCC
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqwqmYsGdTzvDSwGa2v7_gwgBgx.?qid=20070903134424AAUnEsg&show=7#profile-info-YigHXOqnaa

Answer 8

Isn't THIS an anti-atheist question?

Answer 9

Have you looked up the word "ostracized?"

Answer 10

The same double standard they accuse us of having. Some are just haters, and trouble makers. Just ignore them.