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Any other atheists just feel an acute intolerance for religious people?
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RE: Any other atheists just feel an acute intolerance for religious people?
Welcome to the forums. Don't hate. LOVE! [Image: 2uge4p4.gif]
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

-walsh
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#12
RE: Any other atheists just feel an acute intolerance for religious people?
lol. I don't hate you. I think your beliefs are stupid though. You haven't really pissed me off for me to hate you.
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#13
RE: Any other atheists just feel an acute intolerance for religious people?
I'm fine with them as long as they're not hurting people or getting in my face. If I lived in a heavily religious country, I imagine my blood would eventually be boiling though.

Although I still wouldn't hate them, as such. I hate religion. I hate indoctrination. I hate what it does to people. I see them as victims, who have been conditioned to create more victims.

I do understand how it happens, though. My suggestion would be to look at it from that angle. I'm not in any way trying to justify or excuse religious beliefs. I think the beliefs are as stupid as you do, they are utterly mental. But humans are very suggestible and tend to "go with the flow", as an evolutionary trait. It takes a strong, critical mind and a lot of bravery and willpower to stand up and leave the group. Religious people are not necessarily stupid at all.

I'd suggest watching this video. Finding a way to soothe your anger seems essential.



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#14
RE: Any other atheists just feel an acute intolerance for religious people?
But yeah I'm extremely open about being an atheist to people. I find all taboos to be problematic. I don't like that there's aspects of being human that we shun as unacceptable. I think human beings need to face the fact that they're human and except every single bit of our own nature. I don't know where this self loathing dichotomy comes from, but I can guess it comes from the dogma of religion that's systematically ingrained in our society. Fucking no more hating our own human nature, we're not inherently sinful, we're just animals.
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RE: Any other atheists just feel an acute intolerance for religious people?
(February 3, 2017 at 8:21 pm)WisdomOfTheTrees Wrote: lol. I don't hate you. I think your beliefs are stupid though. You haven't really pissed me off for me to hate you.

So, on top of everything else, you're a steaming great hypocrite? You said in your first post 'I literally hate religious people'. CL is a religious people, so why don't you hate her?

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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RE: Any other atheists just feel an acute intolerance for religious people?
(February 3, 2017 at 8:25 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(February 3, 2017 at 8:21 pm)WisdomOfTheTrees Wrote: lol. I don't hate you. I think your beliefs are stupid though. You haven't really pissed me off for me to hate you.

So, on top of everything else, you're a steaming great hypocrite?  You said in your first post 'I literally hate religious people'.  CL is a religious people, so why don't you hate her?

Boru
Yeah, a great steaming hypocrite. Just a bundle of contradictions. My whole illusion of my world is crumbling ahhhhhhh!
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RE: Any other atheists just feel an acute intolerance for religious people?
(February 3, 2017 at 8:21 pm)WisdomOfTheTrees Wrote: lol. I don't hate you. I think your beliefs are stupid though. You haven't really pissed me off for me to hate you.

Hm? You said on your OP several times that you hate religious people and want to strangle them. Nice to meet you! [Image: pop.gif]

(February 3, 2017 at 8:25 pm)WisdomOfTheTrees Wrote:  I think human beings need to face the fact that they're human and except every single bit of our own nature.

Then perhaps you should accept the fact that many humans have a natural inclination to believe in something greater.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

-walsh
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RE: Any other atheists just feel an acute intolerance for religious people?
(February 3, 2017 at 8:28 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(February 3, 2017 at 8:21 pm)WisdomOfTheTrees Wrote: lol. I don't hate you. I think your beliefs are stupid though. You haven't really pissed me off for me to hate you.

Hm? You said on your OP several times that you hate religious people and want to strangle them. Nice to meet you! [Image: pop.gif]
Well I did at that moment. You don't feel the exact same thing every second of the day. I'm just as subject to feeling emotions as anyone else.
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RE: Any other atheists just feel an acute intolerance for religious people?
(February 3, 2017 at 8:27 pm)WisdomOfTheTrees Wrote:
(February 3, 2017 at 8:25 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: So, on top of everything else, you're a steaming great hypocrite?  You said in your first post 'I literally hate religious people'.  CL is a religious people, so why don't you hate her?

Boru
Yeah, a great steaming hypocrite. Just a bundle of contradictions. My whole illusion of my world is crumbling ahhhhhhh!

So then, what you mean is that you hate religious people until you meet one, or just that you haven't got the stones to come right out and say so? Make up your mind, kid.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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#20
RE: Any other atheists just feel an acute intolerance for religious people?
(February 3, 2017 at 8:28 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(February 3, 2017 at 8:21 pm)WisdomOfTheTrees Wrote: lol. I don't hate you. I think your beliefs are stupid though. You haven't really pissed me off for me to hate you.

Hm? You said on your OP several times that you hate religious people and want to strangle them. Nice to meet you! [Image: pop.gif]

(February 3, 2017 at 8:25 pm)WisdomOfTheTrees Wrote:  I think human beings need to face the fact that they're human and except every single bit of our own nature.

Then perhaps you should accept the fact that many humans have a natural inclination to believe in something greater.
I would except for the fact that I want to destroy religion in whatever diminutive way that I can. Whether it is just being openly atheist or refuting bullshit religious ideas, I'm happy to try to change things for the better. So, perhaps I begrudgingly accept that that's human nature, because if I didn't accept it then I would be wrongly assuming I could change the minds of so many blithering people.

(February 3, 2017 at 8:32 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(February 3, 2017 at 8:27 pm)WisdomOfTheTrees Wrote: Yeah, a great steaming hypocrite. Just a bundle of contradictions. My whole illusion of my world is crumbling ahhhhhhh!

So then, what you mean is that you hate religious people until you meet one, or just that you haven't got the stones to come right out and say so?  Make up your mind, kid.

Boru
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