To all the Atheists that attack religions?

Question

What is your personal goal in doing such? Is it to comfort yourself that you are correct, or is it to prevent religious people preaching to you? Or is it something entirely different? If it is to make people become non-religious and persuade their beliefs, then that qualifies your personal atheism as a religion

WTF people? I never stated my religion so how the he** do some of you just "know" that i am a believer in God or any other outside force? Wow, thank you to the respondants that actually read my question

OH MY GOODNESS! And some of the respondants believe that all religion can be grouped into the same category of cause and effect.... WOW

Answer 1

I do not believe in any religious definition of God, however, God is the manifestation of those concepts we do not understand, and if anything, is the underlying root of all existence in the universe. I do not believe this phenomenon is human-like or animal-like in any way. I do not believe that this phenomenon answers man's selfish prayers. And I do not believe that this phenomenon has any will or special relationship with mankind or any other creature. Based on this, most would consider me an atheist.

Now, the reason I openly discuss the falseness of the major organized religion is because of how incredibly dangerous those religions have proven to be time and time again, and how they are directly responsible for impeding scientific progress on a scale far beyond any other anti-intellectual movement.

Atheists can cite the tragedies of the Crusades, the Inquisition, and other forced conversions of peoples. Others cite religious opposition to stem cell research, in vitro fertilization methods, and their ridicule of well-founded scientific theories on the nature of Earth and the Universe because it does not fit their unquestionably outdated model.

I will cite, from the perspective of a political scientist, the theory of divine right - to borrow from George Orwell, the idea that God made everyone equal, but some people more equal than others, and those people should be in control of us all. All religious men and women, look into your own societies and see that those who claim to know God better than the rest of us are handed tremendous power, and are just as corrupt as anyone can be, except that their power is unquestioned becaused they are assumed to be doing God's work due to what they claim to be their extraordinary faith. My assertion is that, assuming religious belief to be inherently false, its continual encouragement and endorsement will lead only to the worst of authoritarian regimes to be installed the world over.

Most of all, I take up the fight against religions because there are actually people living in my own country and across the sea thousands of miles away who WANT armed conflict with the use of nuclear weaponry because it would mean the fulfillment of apocalyptic prophecy. There are lunatics... not one, not one hundred, but millions... double digit percentages of people who welcome the end of the world, because they believe it will make God return to the Earth. Even if I am wrong and there is a God, I can guarantee that God is not the guiding hand of his or her supposedly greatest creation, but it is the evil of men that will bring about the end of the world unless a new social consciousness rejecting these ideas comes to fruition.

It doesn't end there, I am also opposed to other idealogies being treated as dogmatic religions. I do not like the religions of economics: capitalism, communism, utilitarianism, etc. I do not like the religion of traditional gender specific roles. I do not like religions of social theory: colonialism, individualism, or collectivism. Asserting these as dogmatic truth have yielded negative consequences, much like the theistic religions have.

We need to be free to evolve our thinking and understanding of the universe to progress as a species. We cannot settle on "God did it" or "the market did it" to explain and justify the actions of evil people and eject feasible explanations attempting to explain nature as absurd.

Religion is a dangerous, absurd mark of a societal schizophrenia. And rather than encourage its delusions and the suffering those delusions inflict on the world, people need to have a reality check and see that unicorns, universe creating humanoids, Santa Claus, Horus, and flying spaghetti monsters are just allegorical explanations for what we do not yet understand, are intended to teach of the accepted standards of morality, or explain phenomena in a creative, illustratory way, taught to our children. Grown men should be seeking the natural explanation to things, not adhering to the mythological explanation. Greek and Norse mythology, Zoroastrianism and Judaism have all died off as relevant religions (yes, I went there and included Judaism - its adherents are less than 1/2 of 1 percent of the world's population. They may be controversial, but society will not change because a Rabbi asserted something about God). It is time for Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism to do the same, and people should instead focus on making the world a better place to for ourselves and for our children's children's children's children.

Answer 2

Maybe those who have been accused of "attacking" religion are just merely stating their position and those who are believers of those religions don't want to hear/read it, so they instantly become victims, though a lot of times it's clear there has been no malice intent. If you are not able to accept that some people know there is no god and will continue to state that, then maybe you (and anyone else who has a problem with it) should not be on the computer, or a part of society. Every thing said/typed is not a personal attack, sometimes it's sarcasm because a lot of atheists are tired of reading the same questions over and over. Sometimes it's facts given that believers just do not want to accept or believe. Whatever the case may be, I find it hard to believe that there are this many sensitive people in the world.

Answer 3

I started responding to questions here just yesterday, and am only now realising that this Yahoo resource is mostly about (and for the benefit of) citizens of the USA.

The youtube video was a real eye opener - if I were a citizen of the United States I think that I might become an Atheist myself (or at least a pretend one) in order to bring some justice into the system.

I am away from here - goodby folks.

And Cheers

dave A

Answer 4

None of the above.

It is as simple as the game of telephone you played as a child, and to use your common sense, that even YOU exaggerate when telling a story.

The bible wasn't written down for generations and has been revised, taken apart, parts thrown out and rewritten, translated, in short, its been exaggerated to the point where I sincerely doubt that 99.5% of it has any validity in reality, and the .5% are only the result of basic history.

This holds true for all religions.

I wish you would realize that and go back to the basic concept of all religions, the Golden Rule. Even I, a non believer live by that because I am a humanist first. Not a religious person first, with an exclusionist attitude.

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Life is so simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Confucius
551-479 BC
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Peace

Jim

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Answer 5

What is the goal of religious fanatics "attacking" others who don't follow the same beliefs as they do?

I have yet to have any Atheists "attacking" me for being Pagan. They usually tend to respect me for the fact that I don't try to convince them they are wrong in what they believe, and I respect them for the same. We may simply state our personal beliefs, agree to disagree, and move on.

I have however (and I hate to categorize people, so I mean SOME here, not all) have had plenty of Christians get verbally abusive to me because they've found out that I am Pagan. (And I don't mean just online!)

We should all be able to respect each others differences and get past it. Especially these days when there are bigger things in the world to worry about!

Spirituality is not a "one size fits all"!

Answer 6

These reasons make no sense to me. Logically why would you come on here to stop Christians from "shoving religion" down your throat? If you came on here because Christians in real life were shoving and you wanted to execute some retribution; we didnt shove (Christians on here) If you came on here to make fun of Christians (which is a common occurance) and you get a Christian who "shares" Which usually is the case rather than hellfire and brimstone...you are in an area where Christians who are taught to share their faith will be in large groupings. If you are here to stop the war waged on secularism and to stop some potential theocracy (like that is gonna happen) then, youre certainly in the wrong place to make a positive effect for your cause. I believe most who are here (not the ones in real life who could care less what others believe) have a past with Christianity or were brought up in very vocal households with a negative view on Christianity. Either way they are here and are certainly welcome. I just dont buy this "we are innocent" and Christians are the bullies stuff. To the atheists here whom I love and adore this is a generalization of my part of course, and based from the answers that have already been here. Anyhow, thats my take on it.

James M: Sandwich board Christians and homicide terrorists are not commonplace in my country at least...where are you located?

Squirt: You are not the type I think he is referencing. I rather like your answers on here :)

Answer 7

I present my beliefs in R&S when the question is relevant.
I do not promise that if you believe as I believe your life will be peachy or that you will live eternal bliss after you die. Nonsense,the world is as it is and we need to navigate the storms.
In order to defend our beliefs, atheists could become an organized religion with special IRS tax benefits but that would be very difficult to do since atheists are free thinkers and not as receptive to heard mentlaity as others.

Answer 8

I don't attack religions.

I respect everyone for their beliefs; presuming, of course, that such beliefs are serious. If someone worships tennis balls or something, no, I don't respect them, because they're just an ignorant specimen of life waiting for attention.

Other religions, though, I do in fact respect.

I think that those that don't, simply want entertainment. We're already confident in our thoughts.

Others, may want to discuss it, and they happen to be VERY bad at discussing things.

I guess it just depends on the person.

Answer 9

It's none of the things you stated. It's for people to open up their minds and believe what they want to believe. It's to comfort people and to tell them that they can change their beliefs without being afraid and ashamed of it. I have respect for a lot of people that converted from one religion to another religion.

Answer 10

It's not just the Atheists that are attacking people of another religion, everybody is attacking everyone else. A Christian (or anyone) could be just as responsible for attacking someones beliefs as an Atheist.