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RE: Why are atheists so obsessed with religion?
March 11, 2013 at 4:47 pm
I think it's interesting and fascinating subject. But I most certainly am not obsessed with it. In real life, I try not to talk about religion because it gets me really angry. I think I view this forum as an outlet for frustration. Considering if I voiced my opinion here, I very possibly would recieve a large amount of prejudice and hate. Not that I would care, but I'd rather not waste breath arguing with imbeciles.
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RE: Why are atheists so obsessed with religion?
March 11, 2013 at 4:52 pm
(March 11, 2013 at 9:44 am)mo66 Wrote: Insecurity amongst Atheists perhaps?
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RE: Why are atheists so obsessed with religion?
March 11, 2013 at 5:20 pm
(March 11, 2013 at 9:15 am)Gabriel Syme Wrote: As per title, why are atheists so utterly consumed / obsessed by religion?
At the time of writing, the number of posts on this site are:
atheism: 1559
religiion: 3186
philosophy: 403
Religion is the clear winner, beating even the other two combined. Seems quite odd to me.
If I was an atheist, religion would be the last thing I would talk about.
So why is religion so popular here? Is it because Atheism is fundamentally empty, and correspondingly has no topics to discuss within itself?
(I suppose I could understand it better, if the discussion about religion was at least accurate and informed, but in my experience thus far it is anything but accurate and informed)
Dont say - "oh its because religion has such power over my life", because unless you like in Saudi Arabia or Iran, thats an absurd thing to say.
Look forward to hearing your point of view.
Atheists talking about atheism leads to a dull conversation.
eg:
Quote:- hey, I'm an atheist.
- Me too.
- cool, me three.
- Hey, why are you guys atheists?
- Simply don't believe.
- ^^ this!
- What they said.
We could talk about cars, or gambling, or porn, but that's what some other areas of the forum are for.... and, quite frankly, there are other forums around the interwebz where those topics are far better represented, so why would we talk about them over here?
In here, I'm an atheist and I discuss (un)belief related topics.
If I want to talk about something related to my Seat Ibiza, I go to the Ibiza club forum.
If I want to know about male grooming, I go to something like http://forums.menshealth.com/eve.... etc... etc... etc...
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RE: Why are atheists so obsessed with religion?
March 11, 2013 at 5:24 pm
I might just add that for some people in religiously-oppressive communities, a place like this might be the only safe outlet for them to express their opinions with like-minded people.
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RE: Why are atheists so obsessed with religion?
March 11, 2013 at 5:27 pm
Exactly Stimbo. Hit the nail right on the head with that one.
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RE: Why are atheists so obsessed with religion?
March 11, 2013 at 8:13 pm
(This post was last modified: March 11, 2013 at 8:14 pm by paulpablo.)
oh its because religion has such power over my life
And the fact I'm fascinated with the way the brain works and why people believe in religions.
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RE: Why are atheists so obsessed with religion?
March 11, 2013 at 8:19 pm
Why are theists so obsessed with atheism? They keep coming here to count our posts and argue about... anything atheist. So, I find your question ironic since you're here and I'm not in some religious forum.
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Quote:Because atheism is a religious stance. Because the kind of person who'd identify as atheist to such a degree that they'd join a forum for it must have at least a passing interest in theology. Because theology and the mechanics of belief are pretty interesting. Because another purpose of a forum is outreach, and rather than just sitting in an echo chamber and only hearing views that agree with us, atheists are attempting to point out a few inconsistencies in theology in order to maybe get you guys to see sense. Because unlike you and people like you, Gabriel...
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RE: Why are atheists so obsessed with religion?
March 11, 2013 at 11:24 pm
(This post was last modified: March 11, 2013 at 11:28 pm by iameatingjam.)
Because religion is a great evil in our society and if nobody talks about it then it will never go away/be reduced.
Also, most of my atheist friends couldn't care less about religion and never bring it up in conversation.
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RE: Why are atheists so obsessed with religion?
March 12, 2013 at 8:19 am
(March 11, 2013 at 9:15 am)Gabriel Syme Wrote: As per title, why are atheists so utterly consumed / obsessed by religion?
At the time of writing, the number of posts on this site are:
atheism: 1559
religiion: 3186
philosophy: 403
Religion is the clear winner, beating even the other two combined. Seems quite odd to me.
If I was an atheist, religion would be the last thing I would talk about.
So why is religion so popular here? Is it because Atheism is fundamentally empty, and correspondingly has no topics to discuss within itself?
(I suppose I could understand it better, if the discussion about religion was at least accurate and informed, but in my experience thus far it is anything but accurate and informed)
Dont say - "oh its because religion has such power over my life", because unless you like in Saudi Arabia or Iran, thats an absurd thing to say.
Look forward to hearing your point of view.
I feel the need to point out that statistically you'r post is flawed. This is an atheist forum, therefor those that join it are more likely to take an intrest in theology and religions. It's like going to the christian creationist forum and conclude that all christians don't believe in evolution.
Also the fact you believe that religion is only a big thing in iran and saudi arabi is a sign of ignorance. In america religion is a massive thing. I'm from Britain and when i went over there religion was thrown in my face where ever i looked. Religion has a huge influence over people, it effects political beliefs, it can effect friendships etc etc.
I myself was raised as a catholic creationist. Religion was a huge part of my life. I have seen the way that religion can effect everything around you. It also doesn't change the fact that religious people have yet to provide any logical reason to believe in god.
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RE: Why are atheists so obsessed with religion?
March 12, 2013 at 9:25 am
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