(June 12, 2012 at 7:42 pm)gringoperry Wrote: For one thing; Atheists do not hold a belief in God(s); so how does it logically follow that they hate that which they don't believe exists in the first place?

For a while I assumed that when they hear "I don't believe in god" they probably translated it as "I don't follow god, I'm against god". As if they failed to understand what we meant by 'no belief in god'. That perhaps they didn't know that we meant we don't believe in god's existence, and that it's got nothing to do with not following or hating a made up being.

If this isn't the case and they do realise what we mean by 'no belief in god' then there's just one conclusion I can think of regarding this situation. They're really fucking stupid!

What's a god?

A grown adult believing in superstitions and fairy tales is fucking stupid.

If that hurts, perhaps you need to take a look at why it hurts.

It wouldn't hurt me in the least if some idiotic theist claimed that NOT believing in fairy tales and superstitions is stupid. Go figure.

In any case, get over yourself.

(June 12, 2012 at 8:34 pm)Cinjin Wrote: Something doesn't have to be real to gain your love and/or hatred of it. I submit Santa Clause as proof of this. I HATE him! Children all over the globe love him.

I'm with you. I've hated that jolly fat fuck since he stiffed me on the minibike in 1978.

(June 17, 2012 at 2:07 pm)Taqiyya Mockingbird Wrote: A grown adult believing in superstitions and fairy tales is fucking stupid.

If that hurts, perhaps you need to take a look at why it hurts.

It wouldn't hurt me in the least if some idiotic theist claimed that NOT believing in fairy tales and superstitions is stupid. Go figure.

In any case, get over yourself.

It's the choice of words. I don't give a shit if anyone calls me stupid for any reason, because I know I am not stupid. There is more to believing in a higher power, or the possibility of one, than simply believing in fairy tales. You stating with absolute certainty that there is only one facet to a belief system, perhaps shows just how stupid you are. Damn, there's that word usage problem again; what I should have said is, ignorant. Every group in this debate is equally as guilty of claiming the intellectual high ground. You, sir, are as blinded by your sense of self importance as any theist.

Get over myself? what is this; the big ol' high horse ranch? You're telling me to get over myself while you smugly call billions of people stupid.

(June 12, 2012 at 7:42 pm)gringoperry Wrote: 1. Do you believe that Atheists hate God?
2. Do you believe that peoples of other faiths hate God?
3. Who the fuck is promoting this stupid belief; and why haven't they been kicked out of your cosmic circle jerk club?

1. Nope.

2. As a polytheist I sacrifice to a number of gods. I think it´s fine and dandy that the Christians got their own god, in the same way I think it´s fine and dandy that the Hindus got their gods. However, the Christian and Hindu gods have little consequence in my life and I don´t really care about them - some of their followers are annoying, but there are also a lot of Asatru I consider annoying so... I guess that is a "people thing" rather than a "religion thing".

3. Ignoramuses, donno ask the cosmic circle jerk club.

Accusing an atheist of hating ANY god is like accusing them of hating Superman or Lex Luthor. We cannot hate something that does not exist.

We do however, hate naked assertions people go around claiming with no evidence, especially when it infects politics and education and science.

Just like any sane person would hate it if they had a friend who went around insisting that the sun rotated around the earth.