Z's a frigging coconut.Vidav wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:
No, what you DO see atheists doing, however, is exactly what YOU do repeatedly here. Cram your NON-religious position down everybody's throat. I got news for you, nutbag....atheism IS a religion. And you, sir are an atheist asshole nutjob.
Atheism is the lack of belief in a supreme being. That is NOT a religion. There is no dogma attached to lacking belief.
The fact that there's no "dogma" associated with it doesn't make D's anti-religious fanatacism any less annoying.D1B wrote:Z's a frigging coconut.Vidav wrote:
Atheism is the lack of belief in a supreme being. That is NOT a religion. There is no dogma attached to lacking belief.
Perhaps if I had more clearly said it "equates" to religion in the fanatical beliefs atheists espouse you simpletons would have understood?Vidav wrote:Not believing in God is a religion the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby.
Joltin Joe in 3...2...1...to condemn the contents of the article:Grizalltheway wrote:Interesting read, and pretty apropos to the topic.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20 ... minus-god/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
AZAZGrizFan wrote:Perhaps if I had more clearly said it "equates" to religion in the fanatical beliefs atheists espouse you simpletons would have understood?Vidav wrote:Not believing in God is a religion the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby.
Probably not.
Vidav wrote:Not believing in God is a religion the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby.
Didn't realize China had turned Christian. Interesting...The greatest crimes against humanity originated in deeply christian protestant and catholic nations.
Communism is a religion.Seahawks08 wrote:Didn't realize China had turned Christian. Interesting...The greatest crimes against humanity originated in deeply christian protestant and catholic nations.
D1B wrote:Communism is a religion.Seahawks08 wrote:
Didn't realize China had turned Christian. Interesting...
Wrong again, Spanky.Seahawks08 wrote:O really? Communism infers atheism. In other words, atheism was the origin of the greatest crimes against humanity. Nice!
The entire premise of the opinion letter is bogus. I don't think people hate athiests in general and those that do don't hate them because they think they are nihilists. The people that hate atheists hate them because some atheists like to paint people of faith as blind sheep, brainwashed or infantile.D1B wrote:Joltin Joe in 3...2...1...to condemn the contents of the article:Grizalltheway wrote:Interesting read, and pretty apropos to the topic.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20 ... minus-god/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
1. without reading it, and
2. take shots at the author for her stance on abortion in the 1960's.
Then Tman, Ivytalk, and AZ in 3...2...1 to blindly agree with Joe's post, again without reading the article.
The blind leading the blind...
Did you read the part mentioning that Tea-Partiers recently overtook them as the most hated group in America?89Hen wrote:The entire premise of the opinion letter is bogus. I don't think people hate athiests in general and those that do don't hate them because they think they are nihilists. The people that hate atheists hate them because some atheists like to paint people of faith as blind sheep, brainwashed or infantile.D1B wrote:
Joltin Joe in 3...2...1...to condemn the contents of the article:
1. without reading it, and
2. take shots at the author for her stance on abortion in the 1960's.
Then Tman, Ivytalk, and AZ in 3...2...1 to blindly agree with Joe's post, again without reading the article.
The blind leading the blind...
I hate atheists because some atheists go to great lengths to cram their hatred of all religion down other people's throats at every opportunity.89Hen wrote:The entire premise of the opinion letter is bogus. I don't think people hate athiests in general and those that do don't hate them because they think they are nihilists. The people that hate atheists hate them because some atheists like to paint people of faith as blind sheep, brainwashed or infantile.D1B wrote:
Joltin Joe in 3...2...1...to condemn the contents of the article:
1. without reading it, and
2. take shots at the author for her stance on abortion in the 1960's.
Then Tman, Ivytalk, and AZ in 3...2...1 to blindly agree with Joe's post, again without reading the article.
The blind leading the blind...
You're serious? An opinion piece that references another opinion piece that references a survey that shows the Tea Party is viewed unfavorably by 18% of Americans and then extrapolates that into atheists being "reviled".Grizalltheway wrote:Did you read the part mentioning that Tea-Partiers recently overtook them as the most hated group in America?
In April 2010, a New York Times/CBS News survey found that 18 percent of Americans had an unfavorable opinion of it, 21 percent had a favorable opinion and 46 percent had not heard enough. Now, 14 months later, Tea Party supporters have slipped to 20 percent, while their opponents have more than doubled, to 40 percent.
Of course, politicians of all stripes are not faring well among the public these days. But in data we have recently collected, the Tea Party ranks lower than any of the 23 other groups we asked about — lower than both Republicans and Democrats. It is even less popular than much maligned groups like “atheists” and “Muslims.” Interestingly, one group that approaches it in unpopularity is the Christian Right.
AZGrizFan wrote:Perhaps if I had more clearly said it "equates" to religion in the fanatical beliefs atheists espouse you simpletons would have understood?Vidav wrote:Not believing in God is a religion the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby.
Probably not.
Please, enlighten me. Last I checked, Mao Zedong was a Communist and Atheist and orchestrated the greatest crime against humanity.Wrong again, Spanky.
'sokay. I wouldn't expect you atheists to be real deep thinkers.Vidav wrote:AZGrizFan wrote:
Perhaps if I had more clearly said it "equates" to religion in the fanatical beliefs atheists espouse you simpletons would have understood?
Probably not.
Says the bud light drinker.AZGrizFan wrote:'sokay. I wouldn't expect you atheists to be real deep thinkers.Vidav wrote:
But did he do it in the name of atheism?Seahawks08 wrote:Please, enlighten me. Last I checked, Mao Zedong was a Communist and Atheist and orchestrated the greatest crime against humanity.Wrong again, Spanky.
Vidav wrote:Says the bud light drinker.AZGrizFan wrote:
'sokay. I wouldn't expect you atheists to be real deep thinkers.
Actually I said that because your reason for disliking atheists seems to be the exact same reason you dislike beer snobs. I was trying to bring it full circle for you.AZGrizFan wrote:Vidav wrote:
Says the bud light drinker.
Yeah, because BEER CHOICE is closely aligned with religous beliefs.
There are a LOT of similarities.Vidav wrote:Actually I said that because your reason for disliking atheists seems to be the exact same reason you dislike beer snobs. I was trying to bring it full circle for you.AZGrizFan wrote:
Yeah, because BEER CHOICE is closely aligned with religous beliefs.
Shit that makes guys like Polson and I the antichrist for you.AZGrizFan wrote:There are a LOT of similarities.Vidav wrote:
Actually I said that because your reason for disliking atheists seems to be the exact same reason you dislike beer snobs. I was trying to bring it full circle for you.
