Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?

[Valyza1]

[Athene]

In everyday life, I don't feel compelled to criticize anyone's beliefs unless there's a refusal to take my very apparent boredom and unresponsiveness for it is: LACK of fucking INTEREST. 
Keep up the pointless chirping, and I'll make that abundantly clear.

If one continues pushing after that, and resorts to becoming a browbeating douchebag about it, I'll inform them that what they're selling is nothing more than utterly contrived nonsense/meaningless garbage in my view. Can't blame me. It's what happens when I feel harassed and harangued. Feelings may be hurt.

Tis unfortunate.

[Kitan Etos]

In real life, when working with other people, I listen to their beliefs and keep quiet about it. I may mentally call them delusional, but I will not outwardly share my opinions regarding religion unless I am personally asked. Even when I am asked, I tend to simply state, "I am an atheist."

I save criticizing for the forums.

However, I have never had any problems at work with others knowing that I was an atheist. I do not live in the bible belt, and no one ever treated me differently when they learned I was an atheist.

[Valyza1]

In real life, when working with other people, I listen to their beliefs and keep quiet about it. I may mentally call them delusional, but I will not outwardly share my opinions regarding religion unless I am personally asked. Even when I am asked, I tend to simply state, "I am an atheist."

I save criticizing for the forums.

However, I have never had any problems at work with others knowing that I was an atheist. I do not live in the bible belt, and no one ever treated me differently when they learned I was an atheist.

Why do you only criticize online?

[Kitan Etos]

Why do you only criticize online?

This is an atheist forum where I feel safe to share my frustrations regarding religion and theists in a world that would rather be deluded in too many ways.

[vorlon13]

I don't hassle or challenge my gay friends in MCC. I myself have enjoyed the social and political aspects of that organization, and they CERTAINLY vex and annoy many fundamentalist and evangelical denominations (tee hee!!, a gay church!!).

I have sat thru some services (Rev Paul, woot!!) but do not come up for communion.

Additionally, as one of the 70,000 schisms of Christianity, they are doing their part to dismantle the Jesus Brand, gotta luv 'em for that !!

[Kitan Etos]

I don't hassle or challenge my gay friends in MCC.  I myself have enjoyed the social and political aspects of that organization, and they CERTAINLY vex and annoy many fundamentalist and evangelical denominations (tee hee!!, a gay church!!).

I have sat thru some services (Rev Paul, woot!!) but do not come up for communion.  

Additionally, as one of the 70,000 schisms of Christianity, they are doing their part to dismantle the Jesus Brand, gotta luv 'em for that !!

https://atheistforums.org/thread-48991-p...pid1556625

[Succubus]

[The Valkyrie]

[Valyza1]

Why do you only criticize online?

This is an atheist forum where I feel safe to share my frustrations regarding religion and theists in a world that would rather be deluded in too many ways.

It's been occurring to me of late that Safety in the true god of the skeptic, and not Truth. A skeptic calls nothing true that hasn't gone through a verification process. Incomplete understandings, subjective understandings, complex expressions, are all relegated to a lower level of importance than established, verifiable facts. To stake the most only on propositions that can be verified, however, is not veracity, but defensiveness. Eventually, the more aggressive aspects of one's human nature will break down it's defenses and leave him or her good for nothing at all. We need faith in things not yet seen, things we don't yet have technical understanding of or even ability to communicate succinctly, to regenerate life itself.