What are your answers?

[Tiberius]

1. Are athiests just wounded people, upset that God hasn't shown himself to them in a way they deem acceptable? Meaning, if he suddenly appeared you would believe?

Firstly, a small correction to your spelling. It's 'atheist', not 'athiest' (note the order of the 'e' and 'i'). You might think it's a minor detail, but it is nice to spell people's beliefs correctly. After all, atheists on these forums don't go around calling people 'Christains' or 'Muslmis'.

In answer to your question; some atheists might be upset that the supposed 'God' being hasn't appeared when they needed it to, but I wouldn't say that all atheists felt this way at all. You'd have to ask specific atheists for their own stories; I can't speak for all of us. For me, it wasn't ever that I was upset that God didn't show up, but more that I realised God had never been there when I thought he had. All the events I put down to 'God' could be explained easily without him, and there was no good evidence to believe such a being existed in the first place.

If God suddenly appeared in front of me, and was able to prove that he was indeed God, I'd believe in him (naturally I'd have to, since the 'proof' would give me a certain degree of knowledge of God's existence). I highly doubt this can happen though, since the level of 'proof' I'd require would be very high. I mean, in all sincerity, how can you tell the difference between a God and a very powerful (but not omnipotent) being? Short answer? You can't.

2. Do athiests hate God or do they hate organized religion in general?

Atheists can hate the idea of God, but not God itself. In order to hate something, you must first believe it exists, and no atheist believes that God exists. As for organized religion, some atheists hate it, some are neutral about it, and some even like it. I'd put myself with the neutral crowd; organized religion (like so many things) can be used for good, but can also be used for evil. It can bring people together, but it can destroy them as well.

3. Why does it seem like athiests hate Jesus more than anyone, what do you think of Jesus?

I don't think it seems that way. I don't think many atheists would say they 'hate' Jesus; to some atheists, Jesus is a mythical character, so again, hatred of him is impossible. If the stories of Jesus in the Bible are true (I mean, the less far-fetched ones about him helping people out, not the ones with the miracles), then I think Jesus would have probably been a nice guy. I personally think that Jesus probably did exist, and was a very progressive thinker, but that over time, people simply gave him God-like attributes. I find it very telling that we have no "Gospel of Jesus" himself; the man is written about extensively, but none of his own words are recorded. It means his followers could have easily used artistic license to make him appear like the Son of God.

4. Do any of you know athiests that have converted to another religion, did you feel swayed by their conversion?

Yes I know atheists who've converted to religion. No, I didn't feel swayed by their conversion. It's simple; conversion is a very personal thing. I don't expect anyone to be converted to atheism by listening to my conversion story, and I wouldn't expect the same applying to me.

5. Are you an athiest based on your research of many of the top religions, or does your athiesm come from a personal experience where you feel that God didn't show up like he should have?

Neither; my atheism comes from my reasoning that if we start from basic principles, and assume nothing, there is no logical argument which proves God exists, or suggests that God's existence is highly probable.

6. Since athiests don't believe in God and dislike when people force God on them, why do they force their negative and hateful opinions on Christians (and other religions) through mockery and verbal assault?

You'll have to show me some examples of that before I answer. It has to be said, not all atheists are nice people, just like not all Christians are nice people. I hope I don't mock Christians to their faces, of verbally assault them. Joking around and mocking them in good fun is fine, but if it started to upset them I'd stop. I don't think you get anywhere if you resort to belittling someone in a discussion.