<p>I think Atheists are becoming just as bad as religious people in shoving their beliefs down people’s throats.</p>
<p>It seems like you can’t look like you’re about to fix your mouth to say you’re religious before they accuse you of forcing your religious beliefs. And don’t even get me started if you consider yourself to be conservative or Republican.</p>
<p>I know there are some religious people who take it overboard, but I think over the past, say, century…Atheism has developed something of a stronghold on society. They expect religious people to keep their views to themselves, even if, ultimately, they have to live in the same world as the Atheists.</p>
<p>People consider Atheists to be at the height of logic and rational thought, while religious people just believe in fairy tales meant to control people. It’s not fair, and more importantly, it’s not true.</p>
<p>I don’t get why atheist fundamentalism is more acceptable, or less abrasive than religious fundamentalism.</p>
<p>it’s not - to most educated, intelligent people, just like any extreme position isn’t. you sound like the only atheists you’ve ever encountered are high schoolers and maybe a chris hitchens interview on youtube.</p>
<p>I think most atheists in the U.S. are quiet, except when concerned about religious political conservatives destroying science and science education.</p>
<p>put me down on the dawkins-hating side. i like some of what he says, but he’s writing to sell books above all else, and saying that he represents academic/philosophical atheism is like saying bill o’reilly represents political conservatism.</p>
<p>One of my friends who is an atheist always wants to debate with me about religion. I get so sick of it. </p>
<p>For Christians and other religions, they want the person to convert, so they at least have a “reasonable” excuse. They want to “save” their friend. But why should an atheist try and convince you of their beliefs? No reward in afterlife = no reason to care what religion people are.</p>
<p>This is coming from a high school student. My friend who bothers me is also a high schooler. Perhaps he is the exception, and not the rule.</p>
<p>In my experience, most atheists believe they are smarter than theists. Many act as if they have life’s mysteries all figured out and religious followers are just “sheep”. I also find the arrogance of atheists comical – as if there were some barrier of entry to joining their group.</p>
<p>Uh, no, it’s all across the board. Most of the people I meet claim to be atheists, agnostic, or irreligious. It’s not just high schoolers (who I don’t even talk to anymore) or Christopher Hitchens (who I’m not entirely familiar with).</p>
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<p>It would be the Atheists who have a phobia towards the religious who have a persecution complex.</p>
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<p>Yeah, theists do the same. But that’s on a rhetorical level. Do they take on their beliefs and ask why they’re Atheists? I don’t think many do that. Because they see overtly religious people who appear strong and convinced of their beliefs, so they try and follow suit assuming it’s all the same.</p>
In mine it’s the complete opposite. The theists, whether they be Christian or elsewise, tend to believe they’re smarting for being “saved” and that the atheists (of which I know a few) are just ignorant and stupid for not accepting Jesus.</p>
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Uh, I believe that this very thread kind of contradicts that. The whole point of the OP was “Zomg, those atheists are oppressing my religious views!”</p>
<p>Yeah, you’re exactly right. When everyone thought the world was flat, why did we even try to convince everyone that the world was actually spherical? It was a complete waste of time, and there were no aspects of this “new” and “correct” view that were at all beneficial to the human race. Why even try to convince people of the truth when it’s going to be of no physical benefit to the convincer or the convincee?</p>
I believe you just disproved your own point. Earlier you said that
and yet now you intimate that his version of the truth is wrong. Thus, he is ignorant and you are correct.</p>
<p>For the record, it does not matter whether what someone believes is the truth is right or wrong for this argument. Whether or not god exists is unprovable and so if you limit someone to spreading what is the actual truth, Christians cannot spread their religion at all. Either Christianity is free to talk about their views as are atheists, or neither is. Anything else is oppression and contrary to both logic and justice.</p>
<p>Stop putting words in my mouth. I made a criticism of atheism without saying my personal beliefs. I can be a restaurant critic without opening my own restaurant.</p>
<p>I never put words into your mouth. I said you intimated it. Please don’t put words into my mouth. Also, your analogy could use some work. If you want to go with restaurants, if someone is comparing restaurants to home-cooked meals and they only insult restaurants (without ever commenting on home-cooked meals), though they never actually praised home-cooked meals it is rather obvious what their preference is.</p>
<p>Well, uh, I think we’re going to have to disagree there. If something is either A or B, and someone says A is wrong, personally I would find it obvious they prefer B, but hey… maybe that’s just me.</p>