Conservative article that is a rebuttal of atheism

[MorningGlory]

Why do atheists hate everyone who disagrees with such tenacity?

Atheists may not hate everyone who disagrees but they are very angry people as a rule. And very empty. I pity them and pray that they will all wake up one day and see the Truth. Hey, it could happen........

I'm an athiest and i'm not very angry. Enjoy a nice life and don't feel empty. I have a lot of athiest and christian friends and one bunch would not be that different from the other. I don't know how many athiests you know but you statement is widely off the mark. It's like me saying christians are stupid when i know this is not the case. Sweeping generalisations are mostly to be ignored.

I don't know any athiests personally, ollkiller. I base my opinions on the writings of atheists over the past few years and interviews on t.v. and the like. I seldom read anything written by a serene and happy athiest. If you are an exception then I am very glad....who wants to see people be unhappy? I'd have to agree that many Christians are angry and unhappy also. These are usually the ones who haven't yet come to true faith. You can ignore my comments, if you wish, but that makes them no less true.

[ollkiller]

Why do atheists hate everyone who disagrees with such tenacity?

Atheists may not hate everyone who disagrees but they are very angry people as a rule. And very empty. I pity them and pray that they will all wake up one day and see the Truth. Hey, it could happen........

I'm an athiest and i'm not very angry. Enjoy a nice life and don't feel empty. I have a lot of athiest and christian friends and one bunch would not be that different from the other. I don't know how many athiests you know but you statement is widely off the mark. It's like me saying christians are stupid when i know this is not the case. Sweeping generalisations are mostly to be ignored.

I don't know any athiests personally, ollkiller. I base my opinions on the writings of atheists over the past few years and interviews on t.v. and the like. I seldom read anything written by a serene and happy athiest. If you are an exception then I am very glad....who wants to see people be unhappy? I'd have to agree that many Christians are angry and unhappy also. These are usually the ones who haven't yet come to true faith. You can ignore my comments, if you wish, but that makes them no less true.

I won't ignore your comments, you said you don't know athiests yourself and your basing your view on what pre dominant athiests write about. That's fair enough. I would just say we're not all angry and vengeful. Most athiests i know just want to live in peace and harmony. I wouldn't judge all christians on what a few christians write. That's all.

Edited October 2, 2007 by ollkiller

[Grungekid]

Regarding the thread title i taught both articles were lacking in substance. Anyway

Atheists have killed millions trying to promote certain types of political philosophies, and there are relatively few of them risking their lives on the frontline in a millitary action for democracy.

Both sides have probably killed millions but isn't it time to learn from our mistakes. You are right about very few athiests being on the frontline. Would you get me on the front line in that war. No way. Why, because it is another in a line of idiotic wars that were either started on the wrong premise for war or was not properly executed and lead to a trail of innocent lives being lost. That said will the countrys of the world be as quick to help out the burmese.

I wasn't talking about the ongoing conflict in Iraq solely. I was talking about wars in general. Also, I can garauntee that atheists have killed more than the Christians did in the crusades. Here is a good website about it:

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat0.htm#European

[MorningGlory]

Why do atheists hate everyone who disagrees with such tenacity?

Atheists may not hate everyone who disagrees but they are very angry people as a rule. And very empty. I pity them and pray that they will all wake up one day and see the Truth. Hey, it could happen........

I'm an athiest and i'm not very angry. Enjoy a nice life and don't feel empty. I have a lot of athiest and christian friends and one bunch would not be that different from the other. I don't know how many athiests you know but you statement is widely off the mark. It's like me saying christians are stupid when i know this is not the case. Sweeping generalisations are mostly to be ignored.

I don't know any athiests personally, ollkiller. I base my opinions on the writings of atheists over the past few years and interviews on t.v. and the like. I seldom read anything written by a serene and happy athiest. If you are an exception then I am very glad....who wants to see people be unhappy? I'd have to agree that many Christians are angry and unhappy also. These are usually the ones who haven't yet come to true faith. You can ignore my comments, if you wish, but that makes them no less true.

I won't ignore your comments, you said you don't know athiests yourself and your basing your view on what pre dominant athiests write about. That's fair enough. I would just say we're not all angry and vengeful. Most athiests i know just want to live in peace and harmony. I wouldn't judge all christians on what a few christians write. That's all.

I suppose you're right; the atheists I see and read about are all in the public eye so maybe they are highly visible because of their angry rhetoric. If you think about it, a laid back anybody probably isn't going to make the news. Point taken.

[KeilanS]

I've met atheists who come across as happy people, but they tend to be the ones that arn't into philosophy and that kind of thing. When it comes right down to it, if you don't factor in God, you turn out to be worthless. You are one person out of more than 6.6 billion. When you die, it will have very little effect, besides a few tears on the end of your small circle of friends and family. Far less than 0.0001% of the population will be affected at all by your death (and probably even by your life). Basically, while you're alive, you mean no more than worms or plants, just part of the same machine. And after you die, you mean nothing.

I don't know about the rest of you, but knowing that would sure make ME depressed. It's a miracle in itself that we even have atheist philosophers who don't kill themselves or go insane.

Edit: Just to clarify, I'm not trying to claim all Atheists are angry or depressed. I'm saying it's kind of a miracle that they aren't.

[ollkiller]

I've met atheists who come across as happy people, but they tend to be the ones that arn't into philosophy and that kind of thing. When it comes right down to it, if you don't factor in God, you turn out to be worthless. You are one person out of more than 6.6 billion. When you die, it will have very little effect, besides a few tears on the end of your small circle of friends and family. Far less than 0.0001% of the population will be affected at all by your death (and probably even by your life). Basically, while you're alive, you mean no more than worms or plants, just part of the same machine. And after you die, you mean nothing.

I don't know about the rest of you, but knowing that would sure make ME depressed. It's a miracle in itself that we even have atheist philosophers who don't kill themselves or go insane.

Edit: Just to clarify, I'm not trying to claim all Atheists are angry or depressed. I'm saying it's kind of a miracle that they aren't.

Good points. I see where your coming from. If this life is all there is then there is no point in getting depressed. iI'm not going to spend my 60 or so years going oh no i'm going to die and that's it. I'm going to live my life to the fullest hopefully with a big bunch of friends and family around me.

[ollkiller]

Regarding the thread title i taught both articles were lacking in substance. Anyway

Atheists have killed millions trying to promote certain types of political philosophies, and there are relatively few of them risking their lives on the frontline in a millitary action for democracy.

Both sides have probably killed millions but isn't it time to learn from our mistakes. You are right about very few athiests being on the frontline. Would you get me on the front line in that war. No way. Why, because it is another in a line of idiotic wars that were either started on the wrong premise for war or was not properly executed and lead to a trail of innocent lives being lost. That said will the countrys of the world be as quick to help out the burmese.

I wasn't talking about the ongoing conflict in Iraq solely. I was talking about wars in general. Also, I can garauntee that atheists have killed more than the Christians did in the crusades. Here is a good website about it:

http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat0.htm#European

Fair enough. I see this argunment a lot where athiests and christians go you killed more in wars than we did and so forth. Let's learn from both sides though. Christians should not be starting wars based on religion and athiests should not start wars because of a lack in any moral fibre. I think with wars of the current era it's more to do with idiotic politicians than anything wlse. As my friend said and i totally agree "Anyone who wants to be a politician should not be allowed be a politician"

[KeilanS]

Good points. I see where your coming from. If this life is all there is then there is no point in getting depressed. iI'm not going to spend my 60 or so years going oh no i'm going to die and that's it. I'm going to live my life to the fullest hopefully with a big bunch of friends and family around me.

I see what you mean. Being happy is a choice we make everyday, and believing that life is ultimately meaningless doesn't stop you from making that choice. I just know that I've had times of depression where my belief in God was probably the only thing that pulled me through.

[Burning_Ember]

Conservapedia is somewhat of a laughingstock regarding factual accuracy and such in some internet social circles I'm in.

If they really wanted to compare things, how many people have been killed because x group (Atheists or Christians, for example) in power explicitly stated y group (Christians or Atheists, for example) needed to be killed.

[KeilanS]

Conservapedia is somewhat of a laughingstock regarding factual accuracy and such in some internet social circles I'm in.

If they really wanted to compare things, how many people have been killed because x group (Atheists or Christians, for example) in power explicitly stated y group (Christians or Atheists, for example) needed to be killed.

Anything that people can rally behind can be used to justify violence. I don't think it's fair to let that represent the group as a whole. There are atheists who would probably agree with the execution of the strongly religious and there are Christians who would probably agree with the execution of the atheists. It can't be used to decide which group has more merit in their beliefs.