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**replicaypu** · 10-21-2007, 01:27 AM

I've always been courious as to why some Atheists seem to feel the need to do anything and everything to convince others to their point of view.

If God dosen't exist, then why argue about it? I don't try to convince people that the Easter Bunny dosen't exist, or that Santa dosen't exist. Why would I? Why would i give a damn if you did?

First of all, it is nearly impossible to prove a negative especially about a term as slippery as god. However, if you go to the infidels.org website, you can read debates between believers and atheists where the propositions regarding the existence of the christian god as "revealed" in the Bible are debated. The believers don't usually fare very well.

Why do atheists bother to counter the tons of lies, myths, and outright religious crap infesting the internet? You have to ask this with creationists trying to put their brand of stupidity into our school curricula? With fundies rewriting U.S. history ? With fundies taking over the Republican party?

Indeed, if you did believe that Santa existed, I would simply internally shake my head and write the person off as misinfortmed or seriously delusional. Even if everyone in my apartment complex believed that Santa existed, I still wouldn't make it my mission to convince them otherwise. For some people, it is a question of the survival of the right to be skeptical of religion. Too long have atheists been condemned to hell by two-bit snake oil salesmen and their sheople. Some atheists are trying to raise the level of religious discussion from "Believe or burn". I see the rise of fundamentalism as a political force to be a huge step backwards towards the dark ages. Why should anyone allow this to happen without a comment?

I have heard of websites where people are encouraged to blaspheme the Holy Spirit and deny god on video. What's the point? I don't know what you mean by blaspheme the holy spirit. But putting on video people's nonbelief shows to others who depend on video as their primary source of information that there are questions to be answered by religionists. Again, with the millions that religions have with which to spew their stupidity and influence elections, why would you care what a few atheists do to counter it?

So, as funny as it may seem, IMHO, for some Atheists, their atheism is a proseltyzing religion dedicated to pushing fundementalist Atheism on other people. I have only seen people countering religious inanity.

Incidentally, how did I get that ying yang sign as "my sign"? I didn't choose it.

10-21-2007, 01:27 AM	#35
replicaypu Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	I've always been courious as to why some Atheists seem to feel the need to do anything and everything to convince others to their point of view. If God dosen't exist, then why argue about it? I don't try to convince people that the Easter Bunny dosen't exist, or that Santa dosen't exist. Why would I? Why would i give a damn if you did? First of all, it is nearly impossible to prove a negative especially about a term as slippery as god. However, if you go to the infidels.org website, you can read debates between believers and atheists where the propositions regarding the existence of the christian god as "revealed" in the Bible are debated. The believers don't usually fare very well. Why do atheists bother to counter the tons of lies, myths, and outright religious crap infesting the internet? You have to ask this with creationists trying to put their brand of stupidity into our school curricula? With fundies rewriting U.S. history ? With fundies taking over the Republican party? Indeed, if you did believe that Santa existed, I would simply internally shake my head and write the person off as misinfortmed or seriously delusional. Even if everyone in my apartment complex believed that Santa existed, I still wouldn't make it my mission to convince them otherwise. For some people, it is a question of the survival of the right to be skeptical of religion. Too long have atheists been condemned to hell by two-bit snake oil salesmen and their sheople. Some atheists are trying to raise the level of religious discussion from "Believe or burn". I see the rise of fundamentalism as a political force to be a huge step backwards towards the dark ages. Why should anyone allow this to happen without a comment? I have heard of websites where people are encouraged to blaspheme the Holy Spirit and deny god on video. What's the point? I don't know what you mean by blaspheme the holy spirit. But putting on video people's nonbelief shows to others who depend on video as their primary source of information that there are questions to be answered by religionists. Again, with the millions that religions have with which to spew their stupidity and influence elections, why would you care what a few atheists do to counter it? So, as funny as it may seem, IMHO, for some Atheists, their atheism is a proseltyzing religion dedicated to pushing fundementalist Atheism on other people. I have only seen people countering religious inanity. Incidentally, how did I get that ying yang sign as "my sign"? I didn't choose it.
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