(May 6, 2015 at 3:22 pm)robvalue Wrote: How do atheists pose a threat? If a theist is so sure there's an afterlife, what does the opinion of an atheist matter? It seems like they aren't interested in reality and don't want to be reminded of it.
Anyhow, you can be atheist and still believe in an afterlife so that's bollocks.
People don't like atheists because they have no rational defense for their beliefs, and/or they don't understand what atheism is. They have to do everything for their god, I guess they have to be afraid on his behalf as well.
The threat is to the delicate core of a world view based on fairy tales. Even fucking idiots use evidence in daily lives. We're like the little fuckers in grade 1 who tell your kids there's no Santa, and so they secretly get up at midnight and catch "Santa" banging the wife on the kitchen table. Hilarity, and years of counseling, are likely to ensue.
