(August 25, 2011 at 11:43 am)salty Wrote: The more I read the posts on this website, the more I wonder about the real reason for the hatred a lot of Athiests have for Jesus, the Bible, God and religion.1.Well, they probably would consult a shrink first.
These are my questions:
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?
2. Do athiests hate God or do they hate organized religion in general?
3. Why does it seem like athiests hate Jesus more than anyone, what do you think of Jesus?
4. Do any of you know athiests that have converted to another religion, did you feel swayed by their conversion?
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?
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?
Thank you, in advance, for your responses! It would be great if you could respond to all the questions. I'm speaking to real athiests who respect my desire to understand the feelings behind athiesm. I do not intend to be disrespectful, if I am, please let me know what should be rephrased. Thanks again.
Salty
2.Well, it's really hard to hate something that you deem to be non-existent. But some anti-theist, who I generally deem to be atheists of younger ages, are very agressive towards religion in general. And if they are grown-ups, they are probably members of the Rational response squad.
3.I don't know, it's simply a mystery to me why a person would discuss something that he/she doesn't believe in. If a musulman and a christian would have a discussion about Jesus, it'd make sense, both do believe in this man, yet quite differently.
4.I don't know any on my own.
5.Well, most of the younger atheists do go to various sites which focus on violence and inconsistencies in the bible, and pick up certain verses. They do not bother to read the whole thing, however.
6.I'm sure the only place they can do that is on the internet.