Atheist vs. Antitheists

[Optimistic Mysanthrope]

His pedophilic pastors in the RCC know how to use colons too.

Yeah, but I was refering to punctuation rather than penetration

[Polaris]

Most atheists in the world are normal people just like most believers in the world are normal people. It's the extremes from both sides that give their fellows a bad rap.

I see many anti-theists as being too cowardly to admit humanity itself is the root of all evil.

[ManMachine]

Most atheists in the world are normal people just like most believers in the world are normal people. It's the extremes from both sides that give their fellows a bad rap.

I see many anti-theists as being too cowardly to admit humanity itself is the root of all evil.

This for me hints at the deeper issues. There is a very particular brand of atheism that has emerged that I see as reactionary rather than ideological. Many of these reactionary atheists tend to be anti-theist. No offence intended to anti-theists who have a considered approach.


MM

[Foxaèr]

As an antitheist, I know that religion is just as corrupt as the people who adhere to it.

[Optimistic Mysanthrope]

As an antitheist, I know that religion is just as corrupt as the people who adhere to it.

I'd say it's only as corrupt as the people that adhere to it

[Brian37]

Most atheists in the world are normal people just like most believers in the world are normal people. It's the extremes from both sides that give their fellows a bad rap.

I see many anti-theists as being too cowardly to admit humanity itself is the root of all evil.

Woe now,

I have met a couple of atheists that say "we need to end religion" implying force. I tell them that is impractical and no one will get a utopia.

BUT simply saying "that is not true" or "bullshit the Yankees did not win the Superbowl" or "suck it Jesus", or "Mohammed is a dick if you think he wants you to treat women like property", is merely being offensive, but hardly "militant".

Humanity is not either good or bad because evolution produces BOTH.

I see a lot of good in humanity, but I also see ignorance producing human concocted clubs called religion that distract our species from seeing our common condition.

[Optimistic Mysanthrope]

I see a lot of good in humanity, but I also see ignorance producing human concocted clubs called religion that distract our species from seeing our common condition.

I competely agree. Unfortunately, ever since Dawkins wrote that bloody book, I've seen an increasing amount of people who seem to treat their atheism as substitute for religion rather than a lack of it

[Faith No More]

I see many anti-theists as being too cowardly to admit humanity itself is the root of all evil.

Like who?

[Polaris]

I see many anti-theists as being too cowardly to admit humanity itself is the root of all evil.

Like who?

The ones on some American site called Huffingtonpost (it's a site that sadly has diminished itself to the level of Fox News with its journalistic incompetence) who claim religion is the source of all evil.....I've seen enough evidence to point to humanity actually being the source of evil.....really not a hard thing to understand from an atheist perspective actually since the claim is religion is man-made in and of itself.

[Bob Kelso]

Like who?

The ones on some American site called Huffingtonpost (it's a site that sadly has diminished itself to the level of Fox News with its journalistic incompetence) who claim religion is the source of all evil.....I've seen enough evidence to point to humanity actually being the source of evil.....really not a hard thing to understand from an atheist perspective actually since the claim is religion is man-made in and of itself.

I lean toward anti-theist sentiments, but I concede that people are the root of the problem. People created religion, and used it to bring the masses to heel and continue to use it to further their own personal/political goals.

I also concede to the fact that most people who adhere to religion are not evil, nor are they a part of some plot, they are simply fooled and mislead by the dogma.

People are the root of evil, and aren't just limited to using religion as their tool. That being said I still think that it's the worst weapon we have ever used on ourselves and by far the most dangerous.