(August 8, 2015 at 4:37 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: I don't understand why this shit happens, If someone is an atheist and publicly says so how does that hurt the theists? If I don't like onions and say so, that doesn't stop you from enjoying onions. As has been said, if it upsets your invisible friend, let him deal with it, if he doesn't then either he isn't bothered or he doesn't exist.
You obviously do not understand the way religion normally works. It hurts them because the public existence of an atheist encourages others to not be believing sheep as well, and so the religion loses power. Also, their religion most likely teaches that unbelievers are evil and deserve to die. It is the way traditional Christianity works.
It is because of things like this that I think the atheists who have a live and let live attitude toward religions are deluded. Generally speaking, religions do not live and let live, so they need to be stopped. Anyone who believes that religions are benign is delusional and does not pay attention to the lessons of history or current events.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
