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Post by Armand Tanzarian on Oct 31, 2009 0:48:09 GMT -5
www.beaufortobserver.net/Articles-c-2009-10-24-239472.112112_Why_are_so_many_atheists_angry_and_gloomy.htmlI love this. He starts off by characterizing all atheists as similar to George Carlin's religion-bashing skits. Then Youtube comments! We're all like the youtube commentators! Seriously? Then he compares pre-Constatine Roman emperors to atheists. Seriously. Picks the worst of the worst then says "see! This is what the world would be without Christianity!" Also the usual "Stalin was an atheist" line. It seems every month there's a fucking idiot on a easily searchable website with this line of thought. "Why are atheists so angry?" We're angry because of non-fact based falsehoods like that. I'll take criticisms of the current atheism movement anyday (and there have been several) as long as they're true and grounded in fact. But repeating falsities ad infinitum is just infuriating and suggests a heavy disconnect with reality. God I hate these people.
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Post by wmdkitty on Oct 31, 2009 3:28:13 GMT -5
Thing is, atheists kinda have a right to be angry, with they way y'all get treated, man. I, for one, LIKE atheists.
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Post by RavynousHunter on Oct 31, 2009 3:38:57 GMT -5
Apparently this dude hasn't heard of Rapture Ready...or any of the myriad of sites that we mine from. Those places are packed to the gills what that shit.
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Post by davedan on Oct 31, 2009 6:40:51 GMT -5
I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore.
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Post by dasfuchs on Oct 31, 2009 8:45:15 GMT -5
www.beaufortobserver.net/Articles-c-2009-10-24-239472.112112_Why_are_so_many_atheists_angry_and_gloomy.htmlI love this. He starts off by characterizing all atheists as similar to George Carlin's religion-bashing skits. Then Youtube comments! We're all like the youtube commentators! Seriously? Then he compares pre-Constatine Roman emperors to atheists. Seriously. Picks the worst of the worst then says "see! This is what the world would be without Christianity!" Also the usual "Stalin was an atheist" line. It seems every month there's a fucking idiot on a easily searchable website with this line of thought. "Why are atheists so angry?" We're angry because of non-fact based falsehoods like that. I'll take criticisms of the current atheism movement anyday (and there have been several) as long as they're true and grounded in fact. But repeating falsities ad infinitum is just infuriating and suggests a heavy disconnect with reality. God I hate these people. Eh, I just sit back and laugh a lot, sometimes i get upset, but most of the time it's just a display, to me, of how stupid religion is. They're all so busy mocking other religions, ideas, or ways of life that they often stray from the rules and meanings of their own religion. |
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Post by Paradox on Oct 31, 2009 10:43:37 GMT -5
I like George Carlin.
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Post by peanutfan on Oct 31, 2009 12:41:15 GMT -5
I wouldn't worship George Carlin just because I don't want to be quite THAT misanthropic, but I definitely ask for his blessing when engaged in anything related to comedy.
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Post by HonestlyNow on Oct 31, 2009 13:00:20 GMT -5
I'm usually only angry when approached by or talking to Christians. They're either aggravating me with the nonsense they spout off, or trying to convert me...so in short, I'm only angry around YOU, Christians...everyone else I'm quite nice to, really!
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 31, 2009 14:50:06 GMT -5
As mentioned in the Letter from Hell thread, these people simply do not see fault in anything they do. They are excused by being "forgiven," or he just didn't even bother to look. He dug up YouTube comments. Great. This site has, in the past, proven that some of the most stupid, spiteful, & aggressive Christians in the world are on YouTube. Then of course there are sites like Rapture Ready, who hide behind the pretext of just wanting to be left alone, but are really a savage political social group that attacks anything that doesn't conform to all of their beliefs, rather like a cult, & one of those beliefs is frothing at the mouth over how evil Obama is. And even those Christians who are "being nice" are not excused. Pushing your beliefs on people, having a persecution complex, or just plain being ignorant are all things that piss people off. I could be as polite as I want, as long as I'm saying, "If you don't believe in evolution and do believe in God, you're just stupid," the Christian in question is probably going to get pissed off at me. It's the same as how those supposedly "nice" Fundies always say the most stupid shit ever, & still have a massive superiority complex going for them. "You just don't understand. I'll be right in the end. I pity your lack of intellect & hardened heart." And let's not forget about his incredibly dishonest example. Digs up the worst things we could possibly say, & acts like that innocent little joke is the worst they've ever used. We haven't been called unamerican, told we shouldn't be citizens, told we deserve to be tortured, told we should be killed, stated as being idiotic, evil, or any of that shit by "True Christians." Of course not. That would eliminate this persecution complex, now wouldn't it? Of course we don't use innocent jokes. Anything we do say is immediately considered hateful by these people. Fuck, "Happy Holidays" is considered an attack on everything they hold sacred.
Alternatively, the response this person no doubt expected: LITHP SMASH!
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Post by wackadoodle on Oct 31, 2009 14:59:15 GMT -5
*after a goddamn hour of patiently, politely requesting solid evidence*
An Athiest: Fuck you, provide some actual evidence or shut up.
A christian; I don't have to prove anything I say because your an evil rotten sinner who deserves to be brutally tortured for eternity unless you agree with me on everything.
Average christian american: Oh my god that athiest is so RUDE!
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 31, 2009 15:19:08 GMT -5
Basically.
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Post by Jedi Knight on Oct 31, 2009 15:52:32 GMT -5
Angry? I'm not angry until some religious bastard ticks me off with his blind faith. When I try to argue with religious people it's like reasoning with a brick wall: Nothing penetrates their illusions. Even a solid clue-by-four is no good, I need a fucking clue-jackhammer just to get through. Then I get angry. I try to be tolerant, but I'm not very patient with the wilfully ignorant.
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Post by Admiral Lithp on Oct 31, 2009 22:02:30 GMT -5
No one is. It's even more annoying when they start screaming victory because you point out their stupidity.
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Post by Paradox on Nov 1, 2009 23:12:11 GMT -5
I'm usually only angry when approached by or talking to Christians. They're either aggravating me with the nonsense they spout off, or trying to convert me...so in short, I'm only angry around YOU, Christians...everyone else I'm quite nice to, really! If you were always angry when talking to Christians, you'd probably be pretty much constantly angry. It seems more likely that you become angry when around aggressive Christians with no social skills who view every person they meet as a potential conquest and are offended by the thought of anyone believing differently than them. In other words, the kind of people profiled on this site. If you are enraged and offended by the presence of any Christian, that would make you the kind of person that this person seems to think all atheists are, ie. an asshole. Beware of generalizations. |
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Post by HonestlyNow on Nov 2, 2009 8:55:13 GMT -5
I'm usually only angry when approached by or talking to Christians. They're either aggravating me with the nonsense they spout off, or trying to convert me...so in short, I'm only angry around YOU, Christians...everyone else I'm quite nice to, really! If you were always angry when talking to Christians, you'd probably be pretty much constantly angry. It seems more likely that you become angry when around aggressive Christians with no social skills who view every person they meet as a potential conquest and are offended by the thought of anyone believing differently than them. In other words, the kind of people profiled on this site. If you are enraged and offended by the presence of any Christian, that would make you the kind of person that this person seems to think all atheists are, ie. an asshole. Beware of generalizations. check. mate. Though in my defense, usually the only people I know definitively to be Christians, are those who are overt about their faith, and hence annoying. |
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