(November 14, 2012 at 11:23 am)cratehorus Wrote: holy shit I agree with this guy, I didn't read all of this thread but internet atheists...... are pissing me off as well.....why do atheists constantly obsess over the damn bible? MOST atheists are wise, intelligent creative people, yet for some reason they all just waste time telling christians they're stupid.......why?

All?

I guess the reasoning is that they want to show christians that the bible has some non-sense in it, some contradictions, some things which don't quite make sense and some things which are just wrong. They hope that christians will see this reasoning and admit that the bible is full of errors... after that, they may hope the christians to actually abolish the bible from their lives and, with it, their belief.
Notably, this tactic rarely works.

(November 14, 2012 at 11:29 am)cratehorus Wrote:

(November 14, 2012 at 11:25 am)Stimbo Wrote: It helps when the internet xtians are stupid.

that's just a cop out..... c'mon why do atheists feel the NEED to "debate" christians about they're bible soemtimes atheists act like "anti-christians" rather than actual atheists......even anti-theism is too nice of a label, some of you are just plain "spiteful" towards christianity

I don't. Most often I simply take something said by the other person as a feed into what I like to think of as wit. Much like I did with you a few minutes ago.

(November 14, 2012 at 11:29 am)cratehorus Wrote:

(November 14, 2012 at 11:25 am)Stimbo Wrote: It helps when the internet xtians are stupid.

that's just a cop out..... c'mon why do atheists feel the NEED to "debate" christians about they're bible soemtimes atheists act like "anti-christians" rather than actual atheists......even anti-theism is too nice of a label, some of you are just plain "spiteful" towards christianity

I do it, but not strictly out of need. I simply enjoy the thrill of the fight. I'm a contentious fucker and I'm not sorry.

Christians are the target simply because they are closest at hand and I understand that particular superstition better than, say, Islam or Hinduism. There is also my desire to see Christianity marginalized in America because it is an actively negative influence.

craterhorus Wrote:holy shit I agree with this guy, I didn't read all of this thread but internet atheists...... are pissing me off as well.....why do atheists constantly obsess over the damn bible? MOST atheists are wise, intelligent creative people, yet for some reason they all just waste time telling christians they're stupid.......why?

This coming from someone that labels anyone with different political views a 'nazi,' and who also tried to label the terrorist that wanted to blow up the Fed a 'libertarian.'

(November 14, 2012 at 11:29 am)cratehorus Wrote: that's just a cop out..... c'mon why do atheists feel the NEED to "debate" christians about they're bible soemtimes atheists act like "anti-christians" rather than actual atheists......even anti-theism is too nice of a label, some of you are just plain "spiteful" towards christianity

Why can't an 'actual atheist' be 'anti-christian?'

Anyway christianity is the largest religion and it's the one most people, in the US, were indoctrinated and are still exposed to today.

(October 30, 2012 at 9:53 am)Fryslân Wrote: It seems like Atheism is turning into a hispter thing on the internet and it's really pissing me of. Everywhere I read shit about Atheists it's all about how clever they are, how much they know about everyone and lots of "clever" comments dissing each other.

Because of the 'new atheist' movement and the hipster anarchism movement. To be fair, however, the atheist group has shown itself to be the most progressive, intellectually forward group in society.

Quote:Is that what Atheism is turning into?

no, there are lots of douchebags on earth, some of them happen to be atheists, the passive majority don't go shouting their mouths off.

Quote:If you really want relegion to go away, stop fucking talking about it. Isn't that the whole point?

No, that clearly is not how it works. I'm sure that ignoring the evils of the world don't disappear as soon as you ignore them (Unless you're Berkeley).

(November 14, 2012 at 3:23 pm)Faith No More Wrote:

craterhorus Wrote:holy shit I agree with this guy, I didn't read all of this thread but internet atheists...... are pissing me off as well.....why do atheists constantly obsess over the damn bible? MOST atheists are wise, intelligent creative people, yet for some reason they all just waste time telling christians they're stupid.......why?

This coming from someone that labels anyone with different political views a 'nazi,' and who also tried to label the terrorist that wanted to blow up the Fed a 'libertarian.'

lol... that was funny

Atheists are not smart. Their level of intellectual competence is for the most part superficial.

The smart atheists are few and far between. They read Nagel, Mackie, Russell, Ruse, Martin and Quine. The average atheist hasn't even heard of any of these people.

The sooner we come to terms with reality, the better for all of us. We're not as smart as we think we are.

One does not have to be smart to recognise a porky pie.

Quote:We're not as smart as we think we are.

Nobody, atheist or not, is as smart as he thinks he is. It's called Kruger-Dunning effect.