Atheists: Why are there so many that disrespect religion instead of just saying they do not believe?

Question

I know that there are open-minded atheists out there. Hell, I'm friends with a bunch of them. They know about it, but they rely on science and solid proof of stuff and leave the subject alone. Simple as that.

Others..tend to troll. Have any thoughts on why?

I am a Christian, but I'm pretty open-minded as well. Please, don't flame.

And others, please don't whack a Qu'ran, Bible, or whatever against someones head or flame them just 'cause they don't agree. Opinions make the world go round. :P

Answer 1

*sigh* I know, right?



Sometimes the people on here just want to make you bang your head against a desk. Sure I don't agree with Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc. but that doesn't mean that I'm going to full on attack the religions like some do on here. I joke around a bit, but I try to make sure people know I'm just having fun.

Answer 2

Why do you resort to trying to hide behind the word religion and not saying Christianity? Are you not being a little disingenuous?



Why so blind to what causes the backlash against christianity?



ALL the other religions and atheists live in peace and are ONLY attacked by BAD christians which causes all GOOD christians to despair at the damage they do!



Up until about 40 years back Christianity was thriving and there was no conflict with others but in just those few short years the modern christians have become intolerant, hate filled, bigoted and persecuting resulting in a growing backlash against christianity and causing christianity to loose over ten percent in less than a decade with the loss accelerating!



The self destruction of Christianity is underway and the only thing that can stop it is to abandon the terrible human emotions, seek to rediscover the idea of a loving god and act like it!

Answer 3

Theists: Why are there so many that disrespect atheists instead of just saying they believe?

I know that there are open-minded theists out there. Hell, I'm friends with a bunch of them. They know about rational, critical, skeptical thinking, but they choose rely on faith, heresay and unfounded assumption.



Others..tend to troll. Have any thoughts on why?

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Well there are Atheists. Pure Atheists who simply have no belief in any gods and find arguing with Theists over the existence or non-existence of god to be the same as arguing with 6 year old children over the existence or non-existence of Santa Claus...they just have no interest in engaging in never ending arguments that never produce a clear winner.



My guess is your friends are the pure Atheist types who would simply leave the room if you tried to start a religious debate with them.



What you see on the Internet are Atheists who are also Anti-Theists. As in, they publicly oppose Theism/Religion and seek to limit, undermine or eliminate Religious Influence from the Public Sphere. At the least, the Anti-Theists are simply trying to show Theists that there are options as well as trying to limit the damage from Christian lies and propaganda.



I am here for one reason and one reason only...to try to influence the minds of christian teenagers and young christian adults.



Why would I do such a thing? Because I finally got sick and tired of christians putting up their billboards on the highway and trying to force Government to shove Christian ideology down MY KIDS throats in public schools and public buildings.



Christians are going out of their way to bypass MY Parental Rights, going out of their way to try to influence MY KIDS to worship a baby killer (egypt's first born, Amalikites, Flood, she bears sent to murder 40 children).



How would you feel if your kids came home and said some guy tried to convince them to worship Charlie Manson? Or if your kids saw a billboard everyday telling them to worship Charlie Manson?



I bet you would not be too happy about it...yeah, well, same here. I am trying to teach my children morality...REAL morality...not the kind of "morality" that allows for the worship of a baby killer.



I am not flaming...just speaking the Gawd's honest truth.



If you really are open minded you won't have a problem seeing where I am coming from.



"Well, I guess its safe to say that there are some of us who won't shove a Bible down your throat. I've seen people at my church rant about how they can't get someone to convert and why and I've always pretty much thought: Well probably because they don't want to."



It is safe to say that Christians such as yourself are a near invisible minority. The majority of Christians think they have a mandate from a baby murdering god to try to convert MY children and to hell with my parental rights. They think it is their RIGHT to catch my kids alone and scare them to Jesus with tales of Hell and it is a criminal action worthy of death should I dare to try to get their kids alone and tell them baby killers are not worthy of worship.



I don't have a problem with you...I have a problem with your militant brothers and sisters in christ who make up the majority of christianity.

Answer 6

Well if you Christians would stop telling me I'm going to hell and stop trying to convert me to your nonsense I might have a little more respect. As much respect as I can have for people who believe in talking snakes and donkeys, magic boats that can carry two of every animal on Earth, and a magical all-powerful sky fairy anyway.

Answer 7

definite you asserting your an Atheist is a proper reaction. :-) i've got self assurance in case you bypass back in the time of the messages you gained from that guy or woman. you will comprehend that guy or woman replaced into no longer asking you in case you have self assurance in God. They have been in simple terms sharing with you that their. well known question to respond to is do you have self assurance in God. Their least well known question is why are Atheists in r&s. i've got self assurance the guy advised you it quite is their least well known question to respond to. using fact it is asked such a brilliant number of situations. They actually experience like hitting their head against their laptop table. using fact they are uninterested in because query asked. i've got self assurance the guy in simple terms meant on speaking to you as a guy or woman. they did no longer desire to speak approximately what the two one among you have self assurance. they only had to get to comprehend you as a guy or woman. i'm no longer a stupid Christian or a youthful Christian. i comprehend what Atheist don't have self assurance. Now i comprehend to no longer get to comprehend Atheists as human beings.

Answer 8

when something is wrong, in this case religion, why would i have respect for it? i used too, dont get me wrong, i used to respect it. but why do you believe in Christ and the Judeo-Christian God and not the Hindu, Muslim gods? its only more proof that religion is wrong and there is no God. thats why i do not respect religion, there is too much evidence in the other direction to think otherwise

Answer 9

As you say, "opinions make the world go round", so why should I withhold my opinion just because someone who disagrees with it labels me disrespectful"?

Answer 10

When personal faith stops pushing its way into secular law, I will shut my mouth. Religion demands respect that it does not give in return.

Answer 11

Some of them were abused by Christians, emotionally and physically.

Answer 12

Why do people act rude to Atheist?

It's a double-edged sword, honey.

Answer 13

I'd say the ones who do are sick of all the crap (people trying to convert them, having religion shoved down their throats constantly, etc.).

Answer 14

Theists, especially christians, try to control and restrict us based on their views. If all christians stop crusading against science, education, culture, art, sex and sexuality, religious freedom and such, stop dishonestly misrepresenting your beliefs as facts, and stop telling everybody else they're going to be tortured throughout eternity unless they join you, I assure you that you won't encounter nearly as much hostility.



Christians still kill kids for "witchcraft" today.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/05/18/nigeria.child.witchcraft/



Woman slits her daughers' throats to spare them living through the tribulation:

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-palmdale-woman-attempted-murder,0,3939586.story



Christians try to imprison atheists for speaking their minds:

http://www.palibandaily.com/2010/05/08/polish-pop-star-faces-two-years-prison-for-blasphemy/



Let's make a deal: You promise me that nobody ever gets hurt by your religion again, and I'll never discuss it again.



Read Letter to a Christian Nation if you want to understand how harmful your religion is. Go on, I dare you.



In the meantime:



http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2007/10/atheists-and-an.html

http://web.archive.org/web/20080801153108/http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/harm.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_religion

Answer 15

There are aspects of religion that do not deserve respect and EVERYTHING should be up for discussion!

Answer 16

I don't find disagreeing and debating to be disrespectful. If your god is so powerful, why does he need to be protected from the words of mere humans?

Answer 17

If religion is hurt by my disrespect it can email me complaining and I'll apologise.

Answer 18

Religion is disrespectful towards life and humanity.

Answer 19

Because every group has their fools.

Why are there so many that disrespect atheism instead of ignoring it?

Answer 20

Do you have any Idea how much war and opression has been caused by it?think about that.