Agree/disagree: Atheists can’t possibly be saying anything that’s true, because (details) --?

Question

Agree/disagree: Atheists can’t possibly be saying anything that’s true, because they are saying it forcefully and I feel offended by their tone. ?

Answer 1

I too feel offended at times. I would rather they back up what they say in response to a question. Instead I see such things as 'you are stupid' or 'atheists have a higher IQ' or 'we have logical thinking.' This ignorance needs to stop. But it also has to stop coming from Chistians. Remember Jesus taught us to turn the other cheek. And remember He was silent when He was being accused of blasphemy before being put to death. The point is don't give in to them. Stay silent. Walk away.

When they answer in the tone you speak of, yes I agree with you. They need to cite their sources and explain their answers. Christians do too. I am only suggesting that when people give an answer they should back it up with facts.

Answer 2

The question that really should be asked is are they saying it forcefully or offensively. I see post after post from atheists doing nothing but attacking my beliefs and the beliefs of others here.

If you want respect, show some. I have no doubt that atheists for the most part are intelligent people who can put together a rational argument for their position. So why not do that?

The continual claims that Christians are ignorant and stupid and ignore science really bug me. I have no problem with science, I believe that faith and science go hand in hand and have nothing to fear from each other.

Instead of assuming what we believe, why not actually ask a rational question. That way you will get a rational answer. You may not agree with the answer, and thats fine. Post a rebuttal - just don't be offensive and resort to name calling when you do.

Answer 3

I agree that the emotional portion of the discussions should be eliminated, but as a defense for my fellow heathen unbelievers, the theists have acted with the same, if not more, poison in the snakebites. I'll copy and paste one in particular as an example:


Mrs. CT




An atheist is someone who does not believe in a higher power and trusts mainly what scientists tell them... and their eyeballs. Oh, they are, at least the ones on yahoo anyway, seem to enjoy asking smug, unhappy, little insignificant questions just for the sake of poking fun of anyone who has a religion, because they think we do not know what science is or how it works. They are also known to be very annoying and sarcastic a-holes. If you are an atheist and the above does not describe you.......sorry bout that. Life sucks then you die and hopefully go to heaven. Oops.....guess you all just die.
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Oh, boy.....Can't wait to hear all the scientific explanaitons of this remark!

Answer 4

Disagree. Atheists may say things that can offend Christians, but how the Christian chooses to react tells a lot about their Christian maturity.

Atheists are the same as everyone else. They can say things forcefully, and be offensive, just like I can. If I feel passionately about a subject, I may say things in a forceful way that can be construed as offensive to others.

Atheists and Christians can agree to disagree in a respectful manner.

Answer 5

I think the logic applied in that statement is out of kilter. You may well be offended by the mode, but that does not make the message false. It simply means that the listener or reader chooses not to regard it based on an emotional reaction, not an intellectual one.

Positions can be argued forcefully, but that does not negate their truth unless the premises of the argument are logically or factually incorrect.

Answer 6

Their tone and the force in which they express themselves does not imply falsehood.

The thing that determines falsehood (whether deliberate or because a person has been misinformed) is determined by comparing what is said with the facts.

Here are a few facts to chew on:
1. Charles Darwin based his theory of the origin of the species on faulty science.
2. Darwin believed that the cell was the smallest inidivisible part of a living animal.
3. Darwin believed that "undesignated" cells in the embryo can be influenced by external pressures and changes in the surrounding environment.
4. Darwin had no knowledge of such things as the nucleus, DNA, RNA, mitochondria, proteins, or protein synthesis.
5. Evolution implies the need to move from chaos to order, which violates the laws of entropy and the laws that govern the distribution of energy (referred to as the laws of thermodynamics).
6. Because the theory of the origin of the species was based on faulty science, it can be be called science.

THEREFORE (because they contradict scientific research, NOT because their tone offends), they are wrong in their belief system. They have great faith in order to believe these falsehoods in the light of scientific facts.

Answer 7

Tone has nothing to do with truth. If you don't believe what they say it has no bearing on truth. If they don't believe what you say, the same. Facts are facts and what is true is true regardless of the belief of the hearer. Faithful or Athiest has no bearing on the facts. Arguing only produces hostility and hostility fosters silence or at least a lack of discussion.

Answer 8

Disagree. I don't think anybody really knows for sure what is true with regards to the supernatural and a person's tone has nothing to do with it.

Answer 9

So because the tone wasn't to your liking you've dispensed with the guts of what I was saying no matter what it was - I take your point.

So if I was a little more conciliatory and walked round the point a little more, softening you up with my dulcet tones and passive words, you'd become more turned on to what I was saying and then more likely to take what I was suggesting into your very being for dissection and appraisal.

Sounds good to me. (:-)

Answer 10

Disagree. Tone and feelings cannot change whether something is true or not.