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Poll: Why do atheists pay so much attention to religion in forums?
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Because religion predominates the world cultures and atheists are a minority so as to make religion topical
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6 23.08%
Because the religious pay attention to us!
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6 23.08%
Nothing better to do I guess
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1 3.85%
All three options on this poll suck. I'll tell you why...
50.00%
13 50.00%
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Why do you think atheists pay so much attention to religion?
#61
RE: Why do you think atheists pay so much attention to religion?
Quote:Exactly what they cannot deal with. They think they are so fucking special that there is no way the world can go on without them.

Funny how the world always does despite humanity grasping at utopias and fictional straws.

The concept of "special" in the real reality of what we do as a species know and observe and can measure is insulting. To conflate the good and the bad of reality to Superman vs Kriptonite is the unfortunate teat humanity clings to out of ignorance. Placebos sound good until arrogance gets the outsider killed.
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#62
RE: Why do you think atheists pay so much attention to religion?
(June 2, 2012 at 6:47 pm)Brian37 Wrote:
Quote:Exactly what they cannot deal with. They think they are so fucking special that there is no way the world can go on without them.

Funny how the world always does despite humanity grasping at utopias and fictional straws.

The concept of "special" in the real reality of what we do as a species know and observe and can measure is insulting. To conflate the good and the bad of reality to Superman vs Kriptonite is the unfortunate teat humanity clings to out of ignorance. Placebos sound good until arrogance gets the outsider killed.

Know what confuses me the most? The fact they seem to want to live forever. I mean, think about that for a moment. Live *forever*? I'm going to be bored of life by the time I reach forty, forever? Fuck that. Its not even as if it'd be living forever here either, it'd be an eternity sucking the omnipotent cock of some superbeing in a place he controls entirely and trying not to piss him off.
Why would anyone want that to be true? It baffles me.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die." 
- Abdul Alhazred.
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#63
RE: Why do you think atheists pay so much attention to religion?
(July 20, 2011 at 5:51 pm)Trog31 Wrote: It's really hard to talk about disbelief. "you don't believe either....cool" would be the gist of the conversation.
People don't usually talk about what they don't believe in, but rather what they DO believe in.
In the western world, Xianity is the dominant "In your face" religion and is ~2B strong so it's what tends to be the focus
of debate and rancor for many ex-xians.
In addition, not only is it hard to talk about disbelief, the problematic nature of some belief systems does make excellent conversation, at least until it starts to get ugly.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.

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