+407 People on Facebook always post about how wonderful god is. But when I say something that is atheist (not mean, just atheist), I get a bunch of messages about how terribly offensive it was. It's a little hypocritical, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And when you call them out on posting religious things, they say you're attacking their beliefs! It's so annoying.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

What did you say?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The worst one was when I was in a really bad mood a while back, and I posted something like, "God definitely doesn't exist today." You would not believe the shit I got from that. It's the people who call themselves Christians who are the meanest in my experience.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And how is it hypocritical? I do believe they are overly sensitive, but not hypocritical.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's hypocritical because they're basically saying, "I'll talk about my beliefs all I want, but if you disagree with me, then you'd better not say anything!"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Basically, but not actually. They also aren't telling op to shutup, they are just saying that they (wrongly) feel offended. They need to suck it up. Persecution in America or modernized Europe is nothing, nothing compared to other countries.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Emphasis on (wrongly) and suck it up. We usually suck it up people go all omfggodroxok!, so why don't we get to say otherwise? :/ It's really not fair.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hey, I'm almost on the same side. They need to suck it up. The people who complain about people hurting their religion. No, when someone posts something about atheism, and some weaklings claim it hurts their religion, they are wrong. They think that they are being persecuted. They need to understand that in other countries, Christians are methodically murdered to make others disown their faith. Say otherwise all you want, I have no problem with it, unless you personally say something denouncing Christianity. Understand? You can say all you want about atheism, and it doesn't bother me in the least, because I know I'm right, but don't say something about how Christianity is false, okay?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Aren't you the same person who said, "My religion is fact." Isn't that a gentle way of saying, "Your lack of religion is false"?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

@422283 (scrantoncity): What I mean is, I am a very understanding and accepting person. Although I may disagree with some of my friends beliefs (e.g. that god exists) I NEVER comment on their posts with the intention to change their opinion, hurt their feelings, degrade them, insult them, etc. In fact, if I disagree, I just don't comment at all because it never fails to start a confrontation. My point? I have the utmost respect for my friends' religious beliefs. The situation at hand is hypocritical because it's considered "okay" for them to post pro-god statements, but I am ostracized for a lack of religious beliefs. I am understanding, but they are not. I am respectful, but they are not. I'm humble, but they are not. And by they, I mean the people I'm friends with on Facebook who are Christians. There are good and bad people in every group. But yeah. As BreakfastFan said, it's a double standard.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You don't seem to understand the word 'hypocritical.' They aren't being hypocritical. Just because they don't want you to post something, that doesn't make them hypocritical. It may be a double standard, but that still doesn't make it hypocritical. That makes them non-tolerant, but not hypocritical.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Thanks for your ever-so-enlightening lesson in the English language. Now, do you have something relevant to add to the conversation, or would you like to pick apart other pointless words in my original post?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I have a lot of things to say. Beware of the people who claim to be Christians, but don't have the slightest clue of what their job is. They don't understand that our mission as Christians is to spread the gospel, ahem, the truth, to as many people as we can. That's all. *takes a bow*

by Anonymous 13 years ago

By the way, the reason I said it was hypocritical of them (as I may or may not have failed to mention earlier) was because I have been told to not share my atheist beliefs. But then those same people turn around and post Christian things. I fully understand what Christianity is about, as I used to affiliate with the religion. I don't necessarily mind people like you because you seem to be well-educated in your beliefs, but there are, quite unfortunately, very few of you. I have an awful taste in my mouth because the vast majority of the Christians I know act NOTHING like a Christian should. I will admit that I can make unfair generalizations about Christians because I happen to be associated with all the crappy ones, you know?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Okay, now the situation becomes hypocritical. You did fail to mention that, so I was under the impression that you had a skewed vision of hypocritical. I fully understand where you're coming from. Many, many Christians don't even know what they're claiming to believe in. Most people at my school couldn't explain what they believe in if they had a Bible in their hand.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Too true! To me, it just seems logical that if you're going to say that you are a certain political party, or a certain religion, you should do extensive research about the subject so you can make what you believe is the right decision! Maybe I'm just old-fashioned ;)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I just don't see how it is hypocritical... are they saying that you shouldn't get mad at their posts?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's a double standard. If it's okay for you to say that there is a God, it should be just as okay for me to say that there isn't one.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yeah, that's what I meant with my post haha. Thanks for understanding :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I hate it when this happens...

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I've found that many Christians are always saying "we're being attacked!" even though they are the majority of the population (in my country at least) and I'm just like "oh shut up, you're fine." I feel as thoug more and more young people are less religious than previous generations, which is heartening:)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

lol.. your like the third other atheist ive ever seen... i know what you mean too, ALL but one of my friends are christian and you would not believe the shit i get for being atheist

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Fuck all you atheists. I pity you.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I pity YOU for reading something and listening to others and taking it as fact without any real research.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I pity YOU for thinking that not all Christians attempt to straighten fact from lies. I did extensive research on the subject, and Christianity seems valid. However, the guy who you replied to, I pity HIM the most.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Enough with the pity parties! I think we've had an interesting enough conversation haha.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

how does "fuck all you" and "I pity you" work in the same post? Pick one dumbass.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Really? Because I think its unfair that an atheist can talk a bunch of stuff about how they're right and Christians are crazy and hooplah. Yet when I as a Christian can post on Facebook something like "I love God" and the Atheist calls that offensive!! Its were supposed to be tolerant of their non beliefs but whenever we say something its automatically called shoving down ones throat. Good heavens

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I guess the ostracizing goes both ways, but in my experiences, it's the atheist who gets bashed. At least it's that way among my Facebook friends! I don't find Christianity "offensive," but some of the people are! Haha some atheists are as well.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Im sorry if they were mean to you...Im a Christian and I would never be rude to someone for having a disbelief, although I might not agree with it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well i have to say the one post about "God definately doesn't exist today" that could be taken offensively, because it's like you're saying that you're Christian friends are liars/automatically wrong for having faith. But i doubt any of your other posts were offensive. You might just need some friends who are more secure in their faith. But (in my experience) christian post are usually just the person thanking God for something that happened, it's not like they're saying that God has to exist, just they believe He does, you know? But then again I may be a bit biased, I have friends that are pretty thick0-skinned about their faith.

by Anonymous 13 years ago