Its like a jr high dance. Youve got the atheists, agnostics, and pagans on the one side, the Christians, Jew, and Muslims on the other, and the trolls are throwing toilet paper from the bleachers. Cant we try to get aloing better? Cant integration ever happen?
2007-09-21 12:36:10 · 12 answers · asked by Loosid 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't think its quite as cut and dried as you describe.
It is impossible for atheists to get along with people who think their ancestors had dinosaur pets, and Satan planted the fossils.
Ain't gonna happen.
2007-09-21 13:33:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
When I was a Christian cult member, one of my best friends was a militant vegan atheist Jew. I no longer classify myself as a member of any group or religion or belief system, but he is still my friend. Along with atheists, agnostics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Pagans, Wiccan and Witches. I know this doesn't answer your question -- wanted to say it here anyway.
2007-09-21 22:37:09 · answer #2 · answered by Suzanne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, integration will never happen and that is because there are so many angry religious types who just do not understand why Atheists/agnostics etc want to be Atheists or what ever and we have to many angry Atheists, who really are not Atheists and are really very angry at religion and or God. Their attitudes are, "no religious type will tell me what I will or will not believe in". The anger is there as it does not take a rocket scientist to see it. Yes there are true Atheists out there but many self proclaim Atheist are very angry ex-religious types who really do not know what they are. Read around here on Yahoo answers and you will see what I mean. Just my humble opinion.
2007-09-22 01:38:30 · answer #3 · answered by Shellback 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Christians, Muslims and Jews on the same side? I wish they were.
2007-09-21 19:42:29 · answer #4 · answered by Citizen Justin 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I doubt Jews would ever want to be lumped with most Christians. Besides, most Jews don't come here and they really don't argue much at all.
2007-09-21 19:49:41 · answer #5 · answered by meissen97 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sweetie, this is downright civil.
Head over into Politics sometime. You'll see some serious division there.
2007-09-21 19:42:23 · answer #6 · answered by witchiebunny 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is how Paul would answer your question:
"Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people." " II Corinthians 6:14-16
If Christians seem at odds with others, realize that according to God, the whole world is hostile towards Him. Nevertheless He has provided terms of peace:
"God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
II Corinthians 5:19-21
I was once God's enemy.
Now I have peace through Jesus Christ.
2007-09-21 19:47:43 · answer #7 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
ha! I like your description of it....I'm all for getting along or at least asking some different questions. Gets very boring at times.
2007-09-21 19:43:47 · answer #8 · answered by gypz9 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Riff gave the correct answer: 10 points to him!
P.S. your idea is good, but impracticable here
2007-09-21 19:43:19 · answer #9 · answered by remy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because some religions are more electronegative than others.
2007-09-21 21:05:47 · answer #10 · answered by xx. 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋