Atheists complain about religious people being intolerant and closed minded. That they (religious) don't accept nor respect others' beliefs and ideas. That they (religious) try to convince atheists that they are wrong and that they have to find God.
But I've found that many atheists do exactly the same: they try to attack other people because their beliefs and they reject any type of approach. Where is the balance? Where is the open mindness and the freedom we adhere to?
2007-12-31 08:12:50 · 25 answers · asked by SilviaTic 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That, my dear, is what happens here on the world wide web. People are quick to call out faults of others, forgetting they do the same thing. It is a form of hypocrisy, and no one is exempt regardless of belief or non belief. It has to be an conscience effort on each individual to make sure they are not doing things to others that they do not want done to them. Sometimes people are just mocking others, and it is not intended to be serious, in which case the above does not apply.
2007-12-31 08:19:49 · answer #1 · answered by phree 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-10 18:00:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to speak ONLY for myself here but if I ever do that it's because I've taken a close look at literalist Christianity and found it to be something that no rational person could believe in.
Although that doesn't mean all Christians all irrational, they could be ignorant of the not-so-pleasant, non-sensical, or contradictory stuff in the bible, or they could be lying to themselves.
I need to learn to separate my dislike for the faith from dislike for the followers, after all they are only a flock and aren't to blame. It's the shepherds (clergy) that are to blame.
2007-12-31 08:29:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
See you guys make it a political necessity for us to try to make more atheists since you have the need to legislate your religion on to all of us.
Since we have no doctrine it isn't even possible for us to do the same. All we do is stop you from doing it and listen to you scream that you are being persecuted when we do. What a joke.
2007-12-31 08:19:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I could care less really what you believe. It's when people spread misinformation, force their views on to others and say things like this is a Christian Nation that I will come in and say things that you might find intolerant.
It's amusing how some Christians pick and chose what parts of the bible to follow so I will point out the things that they are either not aware of or don't think is true.
2007-12-31 08:18:47 · answer #5 · answered by Pitchy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I try very hard to remember to attack the belief, not the believer, although I must be honest. It is not easy sometimes. When you are dealing with people who embrace a belief system that includes the Hell concept, it is very difficult indeed to remember that it is that belief that is abhorrent, not the person who, for whatever reason, holds it. It is hard not to take the Hell concept personally.
The belief is not automatically entitled to my respect. The belief is not off-limits to rational inquiry. If it were, that would be the opposite of freedom.
When I attack a belief, as someone once attacked mine, I do it because I find something inherently wrong in it from a humanistic standpoint, and if that leads to the loss of that person's faith, I can only inwardly celebrate that, in the way that, if I were to see a kid dragged out of a cult and deprogrammed, I would breathe a sigh of relief that the kid's brain had been restored to rational thought.
2007-12-31 08:18:11 · answer #6 · answered by Godless AM™ VT 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not everybody is the same. They're are Christian jerks and atheist jerks. I suggest you just ignore the jerks. And that is balance when both sides have some good and some bad.
And unfortunately, I haven't seen many Christians that adhere to open mindness and freedom. It's usually the opposite.
2007-12-31 08:18:01 · answer #7 · answered by punch 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The freedom is here in R&S, where we see both sides attack and we love every minute of it.
2007-12-31 08:17:45 · answer #8 · answered by Blue 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why do you always feel persecuted? because we don't believe what you do?
2007-12-31 08:16:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
SOME of us do. SOME is the key word...not ALL.
Some-a portion of people.
All-everyone within a group
2007-12-31 08:15:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋