Do atheists know anything at all about religion?

Question

They seem to think the majority of Christians are fundies; most are Catholic. They never seem to comment of any reluigion other than "Christianity" (i.e. fundamentalism,so-called),which means they don't know anything about Hindism,Zoroastrianism,etc. Why post questions based on extreme ignorance?

Answer 1

No,and they don't know much about how religion interfaces with politics in the U.S. Christians are "loud"? The loudest religious group is this country by any standard are the innumerable jewish orgs. And nobody does a better job of interfering with politics. Why do you think we're fighting two wars in the mideast? To please the jews; to earn their political approval; to respond to their ever-shrill war cries in the media. Lately they've whooping it up for an American attack on iran,and they'll probably get it. We invaded Iraq because that's what Wolfowitz and that whole coven of jewish neocons around the Burning Bush wanted. Nobody gets elected to anything unless they're endorsed by AIPAC. None of these rude responses make any sense - unless you substitute "jew" for Christian.

Answer 2

Sure, I know plenty about religion. I was born and raised Catholic. I attended Catholic school until 7th grade. I was confirmed and attended mass until I was 16. It's all B.S. To say that Catholics aren't fundies is even kind of laughable to me.
I have also studied many other religions and by looking at my bookshelf right now, I see a copy of the Torah, the Koran and even a Book of Mormon. As well as about a dozen books on Buddhism and four on the Tao Teh Ching. One thing I am not is ignorant about religion.
All religions are nothing more than an attempt to explain what was once unexplainable. A fairy tale belief in a father type figure that watches over us and punishes us if we put our hand in the cookie jar.

Get over your "god".
Get over yourself.
Get over your own ignorance.

Answer 3

Do you know anything about atheists? Most of us have arrived at an informed decision after participation in gaining knowledge of our options. We simply do not think in the possibility of a god or gods, regardless of which sect they belong to.
And as for myself, I am quiet informed of the main tenets and beliefs of most of the religions of the world, some more in depth than others.
Do Christians or Muslims or the Jewish or the Hindu etc. know of anything other than their own faith, which they were likely born into? Did they make an informed decision? Have they examined all of the options?
It is far more likely that an atheist has come to his/her decision after a careful examination than a religious person, the majority of whom are simply participating in and promoting the religion they were born into.

And I agree with the others; on YA it is the Christians, mostly the extreme ones who are predominant and thus are answers are more likely to be focused on them. Same with life in the US; it is in America, perhaps the only nation in the west where the religiosity of politicians is such a determining factor. It isnt even what religion the candidate is. Its always which sect of Christianity and if the candidate is fitting into the mold that those Christians who have the power want them to fit in.
Glad Im Canadian.

Answer 4

Because most atheists in the west have to contend with Christianity, so it's reasonable that we only designate our questions to Christians.

Plus, Catholics are cool, and I don't consider most of them to be fundies. Those damn evangelical Protestants I can't stand, though! They're the majority here in the U.S.

[edit]: besides, if I was a former Christian, I'd have to know a little about religion to come to the conclusion that they're all wrong. I didn't just pull this stuff out of my @ss.

Answer 5

A majority of us do, some of use WERE religious at one time.

For some reason it seems to me that you dislike that Atheists speak freely about religion and that you would like to take the right to free speech away and have selective speech.

edit:
It is the Christians that want to make Christianity the mainstream religion in this country.

Maybe you are not familiar as to what the First Amendment is really about.

edit2:
George Bush Sr. Comment about Atheists

"No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God."

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Most of us were once religious Titus, and understand that there are allot of non Fundies out there.

However, the fundies tend to have the loudest voices and the strongest belief systems. They also tend to be more active on YA than Hindus or Zoroastrias. So directing questions or answers that include them is a waste of time here.

I like to argue with Fundies, because they tend to be the ones who really want to change laws that will force my behavior to change, and that will cause my taxes to be used in ways I don't agree with.

If there were a bunch of Hindu's claiming that the worship of Vishnu would alleviate crime and stop kids from having premarital sex, I would argue with them.

Answer 8

I guess this is just my "extreme ignorance," but what is "Hindism?" Is that a religion based on the worship of hind ends?

Most atheists were once religious. I was a Christian myself. So, yes, we know something about religion. That's why we're not religious.

Answer 9

Most atheists who post on this board tend to focus on Christianity because most are Western; and at least in the US the most radical religions are offshoots from Christianity.

If you would like to talk about ignorance, take a glance at the people asking why non-Christians post in the religion section.

Slightly arrogant for a group that is a global minority as far as religions go.

Answer 10

As a former Catholic, I can assure you that the majority of Xians in the US are protestant. In the region I live in, the deep South, the OVERWHELMING majority are protestant (even though most of them will say, "No, we're Southern Baptist.")

When the President of the US starts basing his/her decisions regarding important matters on Hindu or Zoroastrian beliefs, then I'll bother to know something about them. Comprende'?