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Originally posted by Kryties
After 2-3 thousand years of Christianity and other religions being rammed down everyone's throats, I think the atheists have a right to be persistent in attempting to get their opinion heard without being drowned out by half the worlds population.edit on 29/5/2012 by Kryties because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by PotatoSaladMafia
reply to post by Kryties
Precisely.
It's difficult for an athiest to go a whole day without some form of religion shoved in their face. Try putting an athiest bumper sticker on your car. A good Christian will show you gods love by keying your car/slashing your tires, etc...
I know a guy who has an ultra religious co-worker. This guy had a Bad Religion sticker on his car. Bad Religion is a band FYI. This co-worker ended up trying to have him fired for creating a "hostile workplace". He never "preached" or even discussed his atheism at work. The company made him take the bumper sticker off or risk being fired
When an athiest tries to just go about their day we get hammered; lied about, threatened, etc... So we stand up for ourselves. And then we get criticised for that.
But we're proud and we won't stop.
Originally posted by DeadSeraph
I would agree. But I think there's a difference between voicing your opinion and aggressive atheistic evangelism (often to the point of complete disregard for anyone else's opinions).
Example:
Voicing one's opinion: "I can't speak for anyone else but my own research leaves me convinced the bible is a load of rubbish"
What I constantly experience at ATS: "The bible is a fairy tail and your fake god never existed."
Or take Dawkins efforts to promote atheism using advertising on buses. Sharing your opinion is fine. Everyone is entitled to that. But why do atheists feel the need to evangelize? It seems a tad ironic.
Originally posted by Kryties
Originally posted by DeadSeraph
I would agree. But I think there's a difference between voicing your opinion and aggressive atheistic evangelism (often to the point of complete disregard for anyone else's opinions).
That sounds like many Christians I have come across in my life......not listening to others opinions while ramming their own down others throats.
Example:
Voicing one's opinion: "I can't speak for anyone else but my own research leaves me convinced the bible is a load of rubbish"
What I constantly experience at ATS: "The bible is a fairy tail and your fake god never existed."
I see many intelligent atheist posts here at ATS that also get treated with the same disregard as the posts you deem to be "aggressive atheistic evangelism". I have seen many a post where a Christian gets on his high horse and accuses atheists or non-believers of everything under the sun because they don't share the same view.
It goes both ways mate - the difference is the Christianity has many many more people who follow it than atheism or non-belief.
Or take Dawkins efforts to promote atheism using advertising on buses. Sharing your opinion is fine. Everyone is entitled to that. But why do atheists feel the need to evangelize? It seems a tad ironic.
Religion does EXACTLY the same thing mate, please don't delude yourself into thinking otherwise. The difference, again, is that Christians do it in far greater numbers.
I think the old saying "you become that which you hate he most" could be applied here.
Originally posted by DeadSeraph
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I realize Christians do the exact same thing. That's why it seems ironic to me that atheists would do it
I am sick to death of people popping into threads with comments like "Your bible is a fairy tale" or "Your an idiot because you believe in God" or even my own friends posting stuff on facebook on a daily basis demonizing religion and promoting atheism. So why do you do it?
I feel that if someone is curious about my beliefs, I will share them happily.
So why is it atheists seem to be more zealous and preachy than half the Christians I know?
I just want to know why you feel the need to engage in atheist "evangelism", and why you don't feel this is something that is completely hypocritical (an accusation often leveled against Christians).
Mark 16:15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.