2007-09-18 05:54:51 · 17 answers · asked by Ms Ghost 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am sure the church thought Galileo was a know-it-all too. Some people actually do know more than others though.
I think a few atheists have difficulty understanding how otherwise rational people can believe in talking animals, 900 year old men, Noah's ark, virgin birth, people living in whales, zombies crawling out of their graves and walking around, the earth is 6000 years old, etc. and think that people who believe in such things must be nuts. Meanwhile many Christians tell us that anyone who doesn't believe in those things must be nuts.
2007-09-18 06:04:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Not 'know-it-alls', more like want-to-know-it-alls. We are always trying to better our own knowledge of reality, therefore tend to have a far greater sense of things than people who even though they are supposedly adults, still grovel around worshiping invisible, imaginary creatures.
2007-09-18 06:17:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because you have a tendency to judge vast groups of people based on brief encounters with a few of them.
2007-09-18 06:11:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because we know there isn't a god. That's a lot more reassuring than 'believing' or having 'faith.' I'm halfway kidding, but your question was kind of offensive. I think people of faith think that everyone who isn't like them is making a choice to be different, but is predisposed to be christian, straight, etc. I couldn't believe in god if I wanted to. Not even if it means going to hell... which I don't believe in.
2007-09-18 06:05:20 · answer #4 · answered by Amelia W 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Damned if I know.
Atheists are generally the first to admit the limits of human knowledge; it's the theists who claim that "godidit" is the be-all and end-all of knowledge.
2007-09-18 06:04:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Because we have to come up with our own answers, so, generally, we need to be able to answer any question that comes our way. If we weren't able to do so, then we would just adopt cookie-cutter doctrine like everyone else.
2007-09-18 06:01:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Because we question everything, study & seek answers for ourselves instead of taking others word for something that has no basis
2007-09-18 06:02:37 · answer #7 · answered by FallenAngel© 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Last time I checked, the majority of people who think they know it all are religious people. You know, with that whole "one truth" thing and all...
2007-09-18 06:02:09 · answer #8 · answered by Bradford S 1 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Because we make the effort to seek answers and truth, where many believers simply say, "YESSIR JESUS DONE DID ALL OF IT, NOW PASS THE TATERS!".
2007-09-18 06:00:42 · answer #9 · answered by Deke 5 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Probably because we tend to actually know more than religious types. Including about your own book of nonsense.
2007-09-18 05:59:48 · answer #10 · answered by mattgo64 5 · 6⤊ 4⤋