Atheist's? Should we be more patient and understanding towards...?

Question

Christians and Muslims? I mean considering most of us know what it was like to be uneducated and ignorant at one time(If we were ever theist to begin with) Should we just bear with them until they decided to educate themselves? Also do you think making fun of their ignorance causes them to be more or less likely to want to research? Does it force them deeper and deeper into their boxes?

I should have said Theist's in general.

I don't deny that I am arrogant

Answer 1

Probably......Well it usually starts off with us asking some in depth, thought provoking questions....Then after a while we get sick of the stupid answers so we start making fun of them. At least on yahoo answers anyways. When I discuss things face to face I am usually nicer because you have to actually watch them think and they can't simply quote a bible verse and run away like they can on Yahoo answers.

Answer 2

I'm an out and proud atheist. I explain my views but know i can't change a theis't views as they've been brainwashed at a very early age to believe without question. It always amazes me when a person says he is religious and a scientist. I do not go out of my way to meet religious folk, nor hold discussions with them because at some point it will turn to his religious 'facts'. If, in the midst of an interesting conversation, the speaker goes 'god' on me, I simply put my hand up and say talk to the hand because I can't listen anymore. I've had to end lon time relationships bc my friend would/ could not stop slipping the 'god' stuff into the conversation/emails. I always give plenty of notice but they don't take notice. it's amazing.
A really religious person will not educate himself about seeking the truth. He is what he is. Once in a while you will talk to someone who is really dissatisfied with his belief system and may open his mind to reason.
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Answer 3

I'm incredibly patient with all religious folk.
However, to think that we can change the minds of millions of the deluded within our lifetime is a little optimistic but Europe is getting there. The US will linger in the 7th century way of thinking for a lot longer and, as for muslims, well, i hate to think.
Then there's the third world or anywhere that the Spaniards forcibly introduced catholicism in the past. they will also be very slow to change and accept reality. A great shame. Religion is a blight upon mankind and the sooner the cure is administered, the better off humanity will be.

Answer 4

The Prophet says that at the sixth week of the Embryo's development, God sends an angel to write whether it will be righteous and prosperous or wicked and condemned. What does this mean, and how can we reconcile it with human free will?
In addition to what has been said above, we will make the few following comments.

Destiny is a title of Divine Knowledge. It does not cancel our free will or force us to behave in a preordained way. Since God knows beforehand what we will do and say (as He is not con-strained by our concept of time), He has an angel to write down our life-history. A human being behaves according to the dictates of his or her free will, not because God wrote down his/her future life.

Destiny is related both to the cause and effect. There are not two separate destinies, one for the cause, the other for the effect. God knows beforehand how His servant will behave in what circumstances and His pre-knowledge does not contradict a human being’s having free will.

Only God knows whether we will go to Paradise or Hell. Although unbelief deserves eternal punishment, we may not say that unbelievers are going to Hell, for one day they might accept belief and go to Paradise. Many atheists have become Muslims. Islam came to guide unbelievers to faith and worship, and to eternal happiness in Paradise.

Answer 5

I don't think so. As with a serial killer or a madman, you can have sympathy with them when they're young and don't know any better.

But when someone reaches maturity still locked into a delusion, the responsibility becomes their own - even if only for practical reasons.

Showing tolerance toward a violently intolerant mind-set is pointless and counterproductive.

Even then it would be easy to just live and let live, if they kept their nonsense to themselves. But they don't.

Religion meddles constantly in everyone's life. It attempts to interfere in laws, politics, medicine, science, reproduction, education and sexuality. It spreads misery and ruins lives. And it starts wars and kills people.

Atheists didn't start this fight.

CD

Answer 6

Yes, and no.

We should be patient with all people. Each has a right to his or her beliefs. And, each person's beliefs have some value and add to our whole body of knowledge and wisdom. People add value to society. And, most people are generally decent and friendly and deserving of respect.

However, not all beliefs are as valuable as all other beliefs. We shouldn't just sit back and politely nod at every belief spewed by some zealot. The only way to progress as a society is to challenge beliefs. If a person's belief cannot withstand the light of reason and strong critique, then it really isn't a strong belief. Religion, especially, has been shielded by society and protected from critique. It shouldn't be considered rude to ask challanging questions about another's belief.

Answer 7

Ignorance? I read 300 books last year and talked to professors from Yale and learned ancient Greek in three weeks. Somehow I am ignorant and uneducated?

Answer 8

the more you mock them the more they go into their culture and religion.

in the uk there was a minister who criticised muslims wearing veil. as a result of this criticism more and more muslim women are taking up the hijab just inorder to p!$$ of the establishment.

i asked many muslim girls/women regarding this issue. many said that they don't follow the religion but when it comes to rebelling against establishment they all take up issues. the same goes for boys. some of these boys/young men who were completely ignorent of their faith are suddenly taking up their religion because of constant mocking/bashing/and criticism. i can go on and on with many examples but you are right.

Answer 9

You certainly still know what's it's like to be uneducated and ignorant.
This is the sort of arrogance that I believe atheists deny they exhibit.

Answer 10

being religious does not mean being uneducated and ignorant..

a lot of theists believe in evolution, the big bang theory, etc..
and not in a vengeful or unfair "God"