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2007-11-10 22:15:59 · 22 answers · asked by The Unborn 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Fear.
The Christians I know always react in fear when I answer "I am an atheist".
They have been bombarded from the pulpit about how evil we are, without knowing how individualistic we are.
Then again, I know many Christians who are not bothered by my atheism at all. Two friends are pastors and we joke around a great deal.
That's why you see so many atheists here sarcastically referring to "eating babies".
2007-11-10 22:17:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Why do you assume we (Christians) care what you believe?
We can't do anything about what you want to believe or not believe.
Anyway a "true" atheist could careless what anyone else believes. A true atheist believes that we (humans) are simply here on earth for no reason other then to be alive. A true atheist believes events happen for no reason.
I don't hear the commotion but many so-called atheists think they are making one. Not many people of any religion give much credence to atheism. I believe in one God. I believe that Jesus was the son of God. I believe Jesus was and is the Messiah. If you don't or anyone else doesn't that is up to them.
So why do some atheists make such a commotion? And the answer is: because they are not atheists, they are anti-theists. Like Richard Dawkins who believes that he must disprove religion in order to justify his own beliefs or non-beliefs as they are.
Btw, the percentage of atheists in the US is way over-stated most of the time. Personally I think the percentage is about 2 to 3%, if that much. Many young people claim atheism just to be different or to make an arguing point. That is, to cause a commotion.
2007-11-10 22:42:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2016-10-02 02:26:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
an atheist is an unknown variable in the world of the religious. It is a person who has stood up firmly and declared that they ill not believe in religion, even if they do. It makes the religious afraid not for themselves, but for the unsure people, the "lambs" that they wish to join their religious experience. They fear that the atheist will not be content to keeping himself non-religious, but begin convincing people in the religious institution to be non-religious. It is a disturbance to their ideal world, a step back from what most religions set out to achieve.
Religions that do not set out to convert people and encourage a person's search for answers often take no notice of atheists as more than a personal choice. But this requires that the religion not be oriented towards the goal of saving the world.
2007-11-10 22:23:16 · answer #4 · answered by Sticky Note Writer 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"Because Atheist are pushing their agenda's on American society by removing Christmas nativity scenes, and prayer from public schools, the 10 commandments from court rooms, "In God We Trust" from coins."
That's a bit hypocritical, don't you think? It was a Christian agenda that put those things there in the first place...and for what reason? I have no issue with you putting a nativity scene in your own yard or having the 10 Commandments on a wall in your house. Why do you need to put these things in a public building?
2007-11-10 23:04:54 · answer #5 · answered by Freethinker 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People tend to be very intense about their beliefs. I have noticed that even if you say you don't go to church, temple, whatever, whether you believe in any sort of deity or not, it tends to put some religious folks into a tail spin. Howeve, it seems to me that some more radical atheists probably would have a similar reaction to words such as "religious" or "Catholic", etc. It depends on how strongly you believe what you believe....
2007-11-10 22:20:06 · answer #6 · answered by rtforkids 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm still working on figuring that out. I've never understood why an atheist appears to be more of a threat to a believer than another believer who follows a completely different system.
2007-11-10 22:23:20 · answer #7 · answered by Let Me Think 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Like any group, you threaten the very fiber of their beliefs by not believing what they are espousing. This is not limited to religion, but all hot button topics. it isn't easy. Take for instance, burning the Flag. I am totally against it, but it is a fteedom that you can pursue and if you are truly a believer in freedom, then it means that you support it.
2007-11-10 22:23:36 · answer #8 · answered by browneyedtony 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I wasn't aware it did, to some fundamentalists it probably does.
But, a lot of the people who declare themseleves Atheists act like ***** where religion is concerned. I know a lot of people who don't believe in God, but don't call themselves Atheists for this reason.
Or it could be due to inability of Atheists to their own problems, as the thumbs down I got proves.
2007-11-10 22:22:37 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. Eko 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I suppose everyone wants to believe that what THEY believe is right. And when a non-believer attacks the center of their faith, they feel that they need to protect their beliefs because for those who are extremely religious, its what holds their "universe" together. Its their foundation.
I guess its (faith) the one thing no one can tear you away from.
2007-11-10 22:22:13 · answer #10 · answered by ஜMallymkunஜ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋