Which group has benefited more from the internet : believers or atheists?

Answer 1

Atheists.

Christians can meet up at church and applaud each other as they spout superstitious drivel.

Many atheists were alone thinking 'this religion stuff seems so stupid... I wonder if anyone else thinks like me?' and in their local community the answer is 'No! You must accept our religion or you'll go to hell!'

Now they know better.

Answer 2

The internet's greatest advantage is to the 'long tail' - people who have an interest that, at best, one or two other people in their area might have. With Internet access, you can gather all 9,000 cosplay model airplane enthusiasts, or every member of the Millard Fillmore Appreciation Society.

Members of mainline congregations have access to a couple hundred other believers every Sunday morning, and the cultier major denominations already have an excellent networking system in place.

I suspect the relative anonymity of the Internet, coupled with its more passionate denizens being atheists (seems like every early adopter I know of is a nontheist) means that Internet society offers an unusually sympathetic locale for atheists and atheism.

Of course, flat earthers, 9/11 truthers, and Tin Foil Hats the world around get the same long-tail bump. I suspect it's worth it.

Answer 3

by far it has to be the believers because all they have to do is look up a topic on the Internet and they will find both sides of the story, the creationist view and the evolutionist view. before the Internet all they had was school books that only showed the evolutionist view of the world. so i think it is a gift from God that we have the ability to check and see if what the teacher is telling us is the truth or a lie.

Answer 4

That's an odd one, and any answer will involve a lot of generalization, which is by nature dodgy.

Christianity or any organized religion tends to focus on shared acts and communal worship - hence the church... where people congregate. Information can be passed on very easily within a community, normally by hand.

Atheism is of course not a community, we don't congregate so are more lightly to seek out information on our own - which is where the Internet might play a part.

I think i am talking rubbish now though, and that is just vague speculation...

Answer 5

As an atheist I benefit more since I can't find many where I live, so I would say atheists.

Answer 6

Er, it doesn't work that way.

The Internet provides a means of sharing information and establishing open discussion. When people share information then we all benefit.

Answer 7

i think that the Internet has benefited everyone. But probably more for atheist because of the ease of finding information more people are able to become educated by facts than by their church.

Answer 8

The believers.
The Internet is another tool for GOD's message to be spread throughout the world and the sooner everyone hears the sooner HE will return.
Praise the LORD.

Answer 9

Atheists, for sure.

Religion has always had a loud voice. The internet has finally given atheists a chance to speak too.

Answer 10

Neither. If anything it has caused more problems between us. The Athiests get on here and ask us why Christians are retarded, and the Christians get offended (duh) and start asking why the Athiests are so rude, and it just goes into way too much drama.

I am a Christian, and I believe in spreading the word about Jesus Christ (that's part of being a Christian, wanting others to find out what I have found out) but Athiests want to bring us down, just because they can't believe.

Answer 11

Atheists. The Internet is filled with more knowledge than can ever be learned in a life time. Atheists tend to want to learn.