Quote:And I'm not asking for your ridicule, I'm asking a sincere question on why atheists hate Christians and God, and don't give me the crap that you don't because just about everyone here proved they do, now will you please answer the question thoughtfully this time
I don't presume to speak for other atheists, but I don't hate Christians. The overwhelming majority of Christians are perfectly nice people, but they are nice people in spite of their religion, not because of it. Secondly, I don't 'hate God' any more than I hate Father Christmas or Lamont Cranston. That being said, I do indeed despise religion. Here are a few of the more obvious reasons why:
1. Religions (particularly Christianity and Islam) are inimical to free inquiry.
2. Religions persuade otherwise stable people to become unstable (shooting abortion providers, burning churches, etc).
3. When religions become involved in the political process - which happens all too often - freedom suffers. Inevitably.
4. The smug, self-centered claim by religions to possess Ultimate Truth (a claim based on no evidence whatsoever) infuriates me.
5. (corollary to #4) How some street preacher (or internet preacher) can lay claim to knowing the intricacies of the mind of the alleged Creator of the Universe baffles me. Eff the ineffable.
6. I don't need to research books written by nomadic semi-barbarians to learn what to eat, what to wear, and with whom I should sleep.
7. While religiously-minded individuals can be (and almost always are) hard working, productive people, religions per se add nothing of value to the human condition.
8. It is far better (and more in line with what the religious books want you to believe) to clothe the naked, feed the hungry, and give to the poor, than it is to build a cathedral, synagogue, or mosque.
9. Women and children deserve far, far better than what they've gotten from the Abrahamic religions.
10. 'It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.'
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
