Atheist' are you happier now that Christianity is diminishing?

Question

Is your world a better place
now that the old churches are closing down
are more people happier' more content
are familys closer, are children better behaved now that there is no God. has crime gone down?
Do you feel safer now,
Or do you get the feeling' its free for all, come what may
those among you
you will remind me the same old arguments,
The Crusades, Witches Spanish inquisition etc
but that was the past
like Stalin Pol Pot etc, those will not be mentioned.
Are you satisfied now, that the old evils have gone
and replaced with new evils closer to home

pokerfac
You have the audacity to call me angry

Answer 1

Old churches may be closing down, but they are being replaced with mega churches which are like the Wal Marts of religion.

I don't think Christianity is diminishing. I think people are just becoming greedy and lazy. Parents aren't raising their children the way they did 20 - 30 years ago because it takes both parents working 40+ hours to afford all the luxuries we have become accustomed to. You can be a great Christian, but if you aren't at home supervising your children or becoming active in their lives, your kids might be the drug addicted trouble makers that are ever so prevalent these days.

Really has nothing to do with religion right now, but more to do with parents not adequately passing values down to their children. We now have entire generations being raised on TV and when good children turn bad, parents blame the media, they pass the buck to music, video games and tv shows... never once taking responsibility that if they were there monitoring their kids and actually raising them, this wouldn't be an issue.

Answer 2

Stalin was 'God' in the USSR, Pol Pot was 'God' in Cambodia, they ruled with the same iron fist of inhumanity, dogma and intolerance as the Taliban, Saudi and yes, the inquisition when Christianity DID have the power it strives for now. What are the 'new evils'? Has crime gone down? Well it's a fact that the more religious a nation is the higher the crime rate. The murder rate in the 87% religious USA is the highest in the western world but, in Finland where just 6% go to church once a month and despite a higher gun ownership rate, it has a much, much lower crime rate (including the recent extremely rare, gun massacare).
Atheism doesn't mean 'free for all'. We follow the laws of a democratic society.

Answer 3

I don't think that Christianity is diminishing what I think has diminished is people going to church not because the were real Christians but because of convention or just they just thought they should.
I think that science offers us a much better much chance of a long, satisfying and fruit-full life that any religion has ever done. I understand the comments about the crusades and the inquisition (which has not gone away just changed it's name) but I do not see the relevance of witches in this context. Witches are followers of the pagan religion Wicca and are not known to have harmed anyone unlike Christians

Answer 4

I have yet to see old churches closing down. People are less happy, but that is largely a product of being shoved into a technological cocoon rather than loss of religious faith (although loss of religious faith is also linked to technological and informational advances). Family's are not closer and children are not better behaved simply because people are becoming too selfish in our day and age. Crime has gone up because there are more people, and it is easier to do. I have never felt unsafe anyway. It has always been a free for all to a small , but that is what a justice system is for.

Answer 5

You make it sound as if Christianity is being suppressed. It is most definitely not. If anything, it is being actively encouraged and supported by this administration. I mean, look at the Supreme Court appointments, look at Bush's Abstinence Only agenda, look at how prayer and faith are making their way back into schools.

If there is a decline, then, if anything, it is because of the prominent figures of Christianity. I'd never give any support to someone who claimed that 9/11 was the fault of feminists and gay people. The same holds for very prominent figures that say "Believe in what I say, or you'll burn in Hell forever... but don't pay attention to the fact that I'm cheating on my wife or getting filthy rich off of your donations!" Let's not forget a certain politician who fought for so called "Christian" values while soliciting gay sex on the side.

Don't blame it on the atheists. Growing atheism and diminishing Christianity is only a symptom of the gross hypocrisy and outdated beliefs being crammed down society's collective throat.

Answer 6

I will be happy when silly people don't make sillier assumptions about what makes an Atheist happy or a theist happy, what makes men or women happy, what makes children or adults happy and etc. It is a happy day when people stop and come together and stop things that make the world seem hopeless to all that are on it like homelessness, abuses, and hatred cause that is what have some with their heads held skyward, some with their heads and bodies spinning around and other with their heads cast down.

Answer 7

I'm not an Atheist but I think it will help humanity come closer. I believe a book can be dangerous to risk peoples lives on, when you could be risking your own for no profit. I don't take this as my ultimate evidence but it helped me understand why people disagree with religion.

oh, well wont change my opinion. If it's diminishing maybe religion needs to or suffer other's fanatic obsessions...If you don't like what a "pagan" says and does...turn it off.
http://www.jordanmaxwell.com/articles/religion/index.html

Answer 8

As a Christian, I understand what you're saying. Atheists would like to BELIEVE that all their "hard work" and staunch efforts at belittling our faith has paid off, somewhat, for the better, but without God as a moral basis in our lives and our society as a whole, chaos rules. A quick look at the lessening moral standards of each generation is swift proof! There is "No fear of God before their eyes"......

God Bless You!

Answer 9

I don't think christianity is diminishing.

I would be much happier if people would use their faculties and reasoning abilities to see that in the absence of any evidence whatsoever for the existance of god, there simply is none.

I don't see how this would have anything to do with crime, children's behavior, or how society deals with its problems.

Answer 10

I hardly think Christianity is "diminishing". Consider working on altruism, wisdom and compassion rather than pointing fingers at who you only PERCEIVE are causing problems in this world with blanket statements like this. I'm Buddhist and essentially atheist, and I can tell you, personally I think I'm happier when others are happy and not suffering.

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