+518 Atheists usually end up bashing Christianity more than any other religion, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm going to assume most atheists you know of live in America, where Christianity is the largest religion. That being said, It's not atheists that bash any religion, It's people who are atheists. There can be Christians that bash other religions, but that doesn't mean Christians bash religion.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

its just an observation. And what's the difference between atheists and people who are atheists?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Coday means that it isn't the atheist community as a whole, it's certain people.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

oh okay I see. Well that's why I said usually and not all the time

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm saying that just because an atheist person does something, that doesn't mean that's a thing atheists do. Like how if a black guy steals something that doesn't mean all black guys steal things.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

//Stereotypes.//

by Anonymous 12 years ago

...make life worth living

by Anonymous 12 years ago

yeah I get what you're saying. I just feel like most of the atheists I meet don't criticize other religions as much as they criticize Christianity

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't criticize Christianity, I criticize the Christians who criticize me for my Atheism.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Think of it as how people say get me a kleenex rather than tissue

by Anonymous 12 years ago

As an atheist I criticize almost all religions. Some I find a little bit less idiotic than others but when it comes down to it they're all pointless.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's a very biased view, especially considering atheism is technically a religion.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

No, Atheism is the absence of spirituality or religion. That's like saying Darkness is a type of light when it's the absence of light.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yes, it is. It's the belief that there is no God or creator, and usually supports evolution. If you chose not to participate in religion, then don't. But labeling yourself as an atheist means that you do believe in religion.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ugh, here have some definitions of religion: 1.The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, esp. a personal God or gods. (obviously atheism is not this) 2.a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs. (arguably, Atheism is not this, especially not the last part.) 3. cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith (atheism is not based on faith so it is not this either) 4. the service and worship of God or the supernatural (not atheism) This is all from different dictionaries and each one does NOT describe atheism because religion almost always has to do with the belief of some deity or supernatural or being or in the very least includes valuing faith over logic.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Christianity is the religion that we are exposed to the most, and the one that we are most often told is the right one.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

well I know a lot of atheists who are happy to tell Christians that they think they're wrong, but would never do the same thing to a Muslim. It just seems like atheists are more focused on being against Christians

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think that's just a political correctness thing. Telling a Muslim that they're wrong is "intolerant" or "racist" or something. If you did that, people would call you an Islamaphobe.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Why is that though? Muslims and christians both believe in God, so why should people not be just as respectful to Christians?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

...9/11 or something.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm not saying it's right, I'm just saying that's how it is.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Plus, most atheists were raised to be Christian when they were young. It's the religion we know the best, so it's the one we feel the most comfortable discussing. I don't know very much about Islam, so chances are I'm not going to enter a debate about it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

In general, people ARE more respectful to Christians. I mean if you took a general poll, you'd probably find that most negative stereotypes in America revolve around Muslims, and Muslims are generally treated with less respect than Christians. However, I do see what you're saying about how Atheists tend to speak against Christianity most often, and I think it's partially political correctness like AtheisticMystic said and partially that it's the most popular religion in America.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah I agree

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't bash any religion, but I can understand that happening in America, where Christianity is the most dominant religion. I have had Christians insult me for being an atheist, but not Muslims.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

They just don't want to get blown to bits. *coughstereotypescough*

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But Christianity is the right religion. Now accept Jesus or die you heathen. troll

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Might have already been said, but Christians also attack Atheists the most. I'm a Christian and I don't give two fucks what your religion is. One of my friends is in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (NO JOKE!). But besides that, it's true. For some reason some Atheists (here in the US) seem to really bag on Christians :c

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Flying Spaghetti Monster ftw, love their facebook page.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I personally feel the people who yell at you are Anti-theists. I'm an Atheist, and I have several atheist friends. We're all really respectful about it and only complain about it when we aren't around religious people. It's just that most of us have had to deal with christains trying to force their beleifs on us, from something as simple as showing up at our door or something bigger like when one of my friends (we no longer speak) tried to get me baptised. I don't have a problem with Christains, I have a problem with converters. I've never had anyone who wasn't a Christain try to convert me.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's because Christians are supposed to be disciples and lead people to Christ. It's hard to do that without offending someone though, and I think that trying to approach it straight on just makes Atheists hate Christians. It's harder than you think when you're trying to do the right thing, but just end up making everyone hate you. But the same goes for Atheists. I've had a lot of trouble with some of my Atheists friends in the past. If I ever mentioned anything about my faith, I would get yelled at for trying to shove it down their throats, which I clearly wasn't. I guess that Atheists are sensitive to Christianity because they assume that every Christian will try to force them to convert. I assure you I wouldn't, but I've given my life to God, so it's hard to not bring it up every once in a while. I would never try to offend someone on purpose though.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, I guess that makes sense. My mom (Who is agnostic) has told me to just think of it like they see you on a train track and feel the need to push you out of the way. It's just so hard when you've got people shouting at you and saying horrible things about atheist. It's not an easy path (see http://atheism-shitthatblows.tumblr.com/) As for your friends who get offended they're just being super sensitive. I have highly religious friends and we get along perfectly fine. Sometimes I even ask her about christianity and everything is civil. Then again, I have it pretty good compared to some. It's just a really complicated issue.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wow. Some of that stuff is really awful. I can see why it's hard being an Atheist, but for a lot of Christians I know, their intentions are good, they just approach the situation harshly and make it sound like anyone who doesn't believe in God will burn in Hell. No human being has the right to tell someone that they will burn in Hell.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, the friend I was reffering to before hates when people do that. SHe feels like a lot of people don't really understand what it means to be a christain. Then of course there's that quote "The single biggest cause of atheism today is christians who acknowledge jesus with their lips , then walk out the door and deny them with their lives"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Exactly. I agree with all of that. It's those people who claim to be Christian, but only act like one on Sunday mornings, that give other Christians a bad name. If you're a Christian, God should be a part of your everyday life. Someone you turn to, not just in your bad times, but in all times. Someone who you devout your life to. THATS what it means to be a Christian. If people read the new testament instead of taking someone else's word for it, they'd realize that those Christians that yell and people and judge them for their sins are doing the exact opposite of what the Bible says.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ignore the typos...I'm typing from my phone sorry!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I understand. The one part about Christianity that I hate is the converting part. I wish we could all just pick the religion we wanted and then just be done with it without anyone having to put in their two cents about why it's wrong..

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But see it from a Christian perspective. They're only trying to help, and they (hopefully) are only doing it for what they believe is your benefit. I can definitely see how that can be annoying though. I had to deal with a lot of the same stuff before becoming a christian.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But I am and always have been a Christian...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Ohhh so you mean you just don't like the idea of trying to convert other people?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah. I'd just feel really offended if one of my Muslim friends came up to me and tried to convert me to Islam, as if my faith wasn't good enough, you know?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, that kind of stuff offends me sometimes, too. But I'll listen to someone's views and I'm glad to share mine. I don't really like the whole converting thing either. I think there are different, less offensive ways to be a good example of your religion besides telling someone exactly what to believe.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's because it is Christians (not all of them of course, but a fair amount) trying to use their religion to control others, take away freedoms, and remove the idea of separation of church and state. Think Rick Santorum on gay marriage, One Million Moms and their opposal of Ellen being the JCPenny Spokesperson, and Churches being able to donate money and influence public policy while being exempt from taxes. There are good Christians, millions of them. However, Christianity and religion as a whole have historically been the opposition of progress both scientifically and socially.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Usually the bad apples just bash every religion every time they can. but debates are still good, makes both sides think. "Those who don't know their opponent's arguments do not completely understand their own"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

quotes make me smartical

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't "bash" it, but it's the one I'm most familiar with and the one I have to argue against the most.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

INTERNET FLAME WAR INBOUND, IT'S ALL OVER

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So far Christianity is the only religion I've ever had forced on me so it's the only one I have to fight against. I've never had Jews, Muslims, or even Mormons stand outside my school and tell me I'm going to hell for X reason that I haven't even done. I'm not gonna argue with people who are respectful to me and what I believe, and so far Christians are the only ones who have disrespected my beliefs to my face and instigated a fight with me.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But Muslims terrorized New York city. And just like not all Muslims are terrorists, not all Christians would tell you that you're going to Hell. Those terrorists and those extreme Christians took their religion into their own hands and twisted what it said to mean something completely different. Islam is actually supposed to be a religion of peace and Christianity is supposed to be a religion with forgiveness and without judging others.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think the more of your comments I read, the deeper I fall in love with you

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm by no means denouncing Christianity. I have met many many people who are christian and they're amazing people and many of the teachings are great. But when it comes people attacking me personally with religion, they're always christian.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

well I'm sorry that you've had to deal with that :/

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Those "Muslims" weren't real Muslims though. As you said below, it is a religion of peace and by terrorizing do they break any religious faith they have built up. As you also said, informing people of the love of Jesus is something you are supposed to do. Nothing OOC there. Now, I realize that most Christians aren't converters, but I got a little frustrated when you said Muslims terrorized NYC. I grew up Muslim, but I'm now an Atheist and I'm sorry you have met poor representations of atheists. Even though it's a bit hypocritical, whenever people "bash" any religion with the pure intent of causing anger or they are ignorant, I at least try to tell them that people of faith aren't all bad even though I am not one myself.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

But they claimed to be Muslims. And so now, many ignorant people associate Muslims with terrorism, which is awful. Just like people associate Christianity with people yelling at you for not believing a certain thing, when that's not at all what the religion is about. I understand that not all atheist bash Christianity.I didn't mean to stereotype anything. I just see more atheists bashing Christianity than any other religion

by Anonymous 12 years ago

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by Anonymous 12 years ago

I totally agree with everybody that Christianity is the religion Americans are exposed to the most. It's also one that you generally don't get criticized for criticizing like you would Islam or Hinduism. However, it seems to me (emphasis on SEEMS, I'm not saying this is how it is everywhere) that Christians are generally more forceful with their religion and in getting other people to believe it. Also, if you look at the history of Christianity or Catholicism, compared to say Hinduism or Buddhism or Judaism, their history is a lot more focused on violence and conquering lands and people and converting as many people as possible, whether it be against their will or not. The history of the other religions seemed fuller and more accepting to me. And I'm not saying that Christians can't be peaceful and other religions can't be violent. I'm looking at their general history.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I totally agree. But I think most Christians are more forceful because they are told to be witnesses and lights so that they can lead more people to become their brothers and sisters in Christ. And I think that a lot of people twist this into meaning that they must do anything they can to get people to believe in God. That's not at all what its about.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So lets debate Buddhism and Hinduism. :D the Abrahamic Faiths got their limelight.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

So lets debate Buddhism and Hinduism. :D the Abrahamic Faiths got their limelight.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I had this book on atheists who wrote letters explaining why they were atheist. I had it because I wanted to see what other people's beliefs were. In nearly ever letter the atheists only explained why they didn't believe in a Christian God. I was so pissed, I wanted to learn about their views regarding every religion, but they only really mentioned Christianity.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

As someone mentioned previously, that's probably because Christianity is the dominant religion in the West; therefore, western atheists have the most exposure to it, and many of them probably grew up in Christian households.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Generally, atheists don't believe in Christianity for the same reason that you don't believe in Greek Mythology or Buddhism (I assume). If you want to know why we don't believe in a certain religion, then look at why you don't believe in a certain one, and apply that to every religion, including Christianity. We see no reason to think it is true, so we don't believe. There are many other reasons too, but I think that is the main reason. Atheists just believe in one less religion (out of hundreds) than religious people do.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

whenever someone posts an amirite about religion, there are always shetloads of comments.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Christians bitch about other religions, so we don't feel that it would be fair to bitch about other religions as much. Although we do bitch about them.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Personally it's because the only people who bash atheism are Christians in the region I live in. People of other religions don't give a shit, only Christians seem to do so. Thus, I reserve the right to bash them in return if I'd like to, which I almost never do.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

this is so true, and the reason is because Christianity is the stupidest religion.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

That wasn't offensive at all...

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I know right? If they're going to have a religion, they could at least make it something semi-believable like Pastafarianism.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I love how this hasn't turned into a massive flame war! Everyone is trying to understand each other :'3

by Anonymous 11 years ago

SOME Atheists. I myself am an Atheist, though I would never attack another's beliefs unless they were actively harming others in some way.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Stereotypes wouldn't exist if there wasn't some truth to them as judged by the majority of a group as a whole.

by Anonymous 11 years ago