Atheists...agree or disagree?

Question

I think a lot of Christians are good-natured, fun-loving, smart, caring, generous and all around good people.

Answer 1

Sure.

But I could substitute the word "Christians" with "Jews," "Muslims," "Atheists," "Buddhists," "Wiccans"...

Folks is folks and most of them are lovely.

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Answer 2

There are many people who fit those characterstics as well as being Christian, yes. But if you made the question "I think a lot of are good-natured, fun-loving, smart, caring, generous and all-around good people", there'd be precious few groups you could fill in the blank and come up with a false statement.

I think Christians are no more good-natured, fun-loving, smart, caring, generous and all-around good people than any other group.

Answer 3

I have married 2 Christians , my 1st and 3rd wife. I have also had several Christian and Muslim long term friends.

I would agree with your statement up to point . However , my Muslim and Christian friends often become hate-filled and angry after we start to get older OR become close friends , for some reason they assumed I was a Muslim or Christian , ( probably due to my knowledge of the Bible and Quran. )

With my 2 Christian wives , although we had many happy times together , when the relationship broke down I was surprised to see many of their Christian friends attack my absence of belief and even 1 or 2 commit perjury in the divorce court to discredit me – not forgetting the wives both committed adultery – a small issue here !

With my close friends – some of whom I used to travel on holiday together with in my early 20’s , I was amazed to see them, later on in life , start preaching to me and then talk down to me as a 2nd class citizen . All trust and respect was lost in our friendships .

So I would say , in my Personal experience , the ‘good-natured, fun-loving, smart, caring, generous and all around good Christian ’ is a superficial smoke screen of extreme politeness .

Through my personal experiences over the past 25 years ( age 15 to 40 ) , I have turned from being neutral towards people of faith , to becoming Anti-Faith , Anti-Religion , Anti- Christian and Anti-Muslim . This is a real big shame as I thought my Christian and Muslim friends were real friends , I liked them regardless of their belief system .

Answer 4

I completely agree ;most of them are . I know many people of the Christian faith that I consider to be good friends including some who are priests and some who are nuns .
What saddens and angers me is the damage that the extremists "Christians ' do to these people by misrepresenting them -and Atheists have the same problem bc the extemists don't represent most of us either.

Answer 5

I'm not an atheist, but I would agree with you. Nearly all the Christians I know in real life fit that definition.

Answer 6

Agree.

Answer 7

Most are. It's the few nuts that give everyone else a bad rap on all sides. Fundamentalism, in any form, is not good. The middle path is where the rationality exists.

Answer 8

Agree.

Answer 9

Agree.

Answer 10

Sure... but we can generalize about anyone..and speak in superlatives about any given group or we can tlk trash on any group too....


I go by the individual, regardless the label they givethemselves... unless the give themselves some hateful label..

Answer 11

I agree--many Christans I have met are all those things, just like many Muslims, Hindus and atheists I have met. The cool ones aren't the problem.