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Why are atheists so hated in the USA?
M Dogg™:
Just my 2 cents.
I'm Catholic, but I can give two flying... what anyone believes, because in the US you can believe what you want to. I think the younger generations (Gen X and Millennials) both seem to not be as hateful as older generations (Lost Gen and Baby Boomers) about if someone believes in God or not. But to be fair, Americans who hate atheist also hate Muslims, Hindus, Buddhist, and any other religion not Christian or Jew. Hell, some even hate Catholics and Jews. It's an aging demographic that just happens to be the dominate voting group right now though.
Overall the pressure that atheist feel causes them to get super defensive and "preachy" about what they believe. Working at a college, atheist are a minority here, but they are the dominate group when it comes to pushing religious discussion and those that have a religion feel discriminated again. Now how does that work? Simple, those with faith come to college with an open mind, and those without faith use the teachings in college to drive religious discussion to prove there is no God. It's a very strange dynamic. But it also goes to show, atheist can be just as hateful as those with faith.
Sikotic™:
Definitely. Athiests can be very hateful.
God, one of the worst examples of Athiests being ridiculous was my college graduation. The dean of the Science and Mathematics colleges at my university gave a speech before we went to accept our diplomas. Basically, instead of giving us optimism about our futures (hasn't been much optimism since '08 anyways lol), he just decided to shit on people of faith for 20 minutes. Ridiculing the idea of a deity and a higher power, etc.
I mean, that's cool he feels that way, but not during a damn college graduation. On top of that, there are tons of people of faith who are graduating. Just because they are all science students doesn't mean they don't believe in a God. There were plenty of muslims, christians, buddhists, etc. who were not only graduating but had families with the same beliefs who were there to support the graduate. I AGREED with almost everything the guy said but i was offended because it was the wrong place to say those things and inappropriate.
And also, I grew up around a lot of people who were Christian and despised Catholics. My friend's dad used to shit on Catholics all day. I ate dinner at their house one time and when he went on his rant, I asked him "Well, both Christians and Catholics believe Jesus is their savior, so why are you focusing on everything else and not the most important thing?"
He never really liked me much after that lol
Hack Wilson - real:
--- Quote from: Sikunta Kinte on September 14, 2012, 11:30:00 AM ---Definitely. Athiests can be very hateful.
God, one of the worst examples of Athiests being ridiculous was my college graduation. The dean of the Science and Mathematics colleges at my university gave a speech before we went to accept our diplomas. Basically, instead of giving us optimism about our futures (hasn't been much optimism since '08 anyways lol), he just decided to shit on people of faith for 20 minutes. Ridiculing the idea of a deity and a higher power, etc.
I mean, that's cool he feels that way, but not during a damn college graduation. On top of that, there are tons of people of faith who are graduating. Just because they are all science students doesn't mean they don't believe in a God. There were plenty of muslims, christians, buddhists, etc. who were not only graduating but had families with the same beliefs who were there to support the graduate. I AGREED with almost everything the guy said but i was offended because it was the wrong place to say those things and inappropriate.
And also, I grew up around a lot of people who were Christian and despised Catholics. My friend's dad used to shit on Catholics all day. I ate dinner at their house one time and when he went on his rant, I asked him "Well, both Christians and Catholics believe Jesus is their savior, so why are you focusing on everything else and not the most important thing?"
He never really liked me much after that lol
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damn that must have been one awkward speech! haha
rayallen0:
Think it matters where you live...atheists are pretty well accepted in washington...
jeromechickenbone:
It's funny because evolutionists are just as fanatical as religious people, it's also a religion effectively.
I was an atheist/agnostic for many years, so I def don't shun them. I know most people become that way cuz they feel like religion is bullshit, at least that's why I did.
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