(November 2, 2011 at 11:33 am)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Every time you read or hear comments like that from Christians toward atheists, just remember that it's the Christians who are filled with God's love while atheists are miserable, hateful, unhappy people.
You know, the more and more I go over it, I still find it difficult to understand the extreme hatred that Christians have for atheists. What does it matter to them that we don't believe what they believe? I think it has something to do with the fact that they have to live their lives by a rigid set of rules or else face eternal punishment while we aren't concerned by those superstitions. Therefore, I think there's a bit of jealousy there. Or, as I wrote in an article here, perhaps they know that their faith is on shaky ground so they lash out at us because they know they can't prove any of their beliefs.
I think there is definitely jealousy involved due to what you said. They can't bear to see people who are actually free to think and act the way they want to whilst they are stuck pretending they are all 'good and honest' in the vain hope they might go to a fairy tale land.
