Are most Atheists Truly Atheists or just anti Judeo Christian?
Most seem to actually be just anti Judeo Christian. I mean have you ever seen an atheist sue a school system that teaches their children about Greek/Roman Mythology? The same arguments they make against God in school can be applied there also. Have you noticed that most Atheist posts here never question other religions, such as Taoist or Buddhism?
2009-12-07T18:40:58Z
So what you are all pretty much saying is that the only reason you are against judeo-christians is because you feel bullied by them?
Why does it matter if a religion is taught as real or fake, it is still religion and the same restrictions should be placed on it.
I find it funny that none of you seem to understand that Christians and Jews have been persecuted for thousands of years also.
2009-12-10T07:18:00Z
Linda G. Not all Christians are the type that you describe. But if I use logic then I could say the Communists, which are officially Atheists, have done much worse, by suppressing freedom of religion and punished those chritians and jews they caught practicing their religion, they even tried to assinate the Pope
darkvelvetrain2009-12-07T18:02:34Z
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This is an interesting question, and is a huge contributing factor to why I consider myself an atheist.
God is one of the few things I can think of that changes its definition depending on who is discussing it.
It would be impossible for someone to be an atheist if you factored in everything that people have called God, including the universe, of which I am a firm "believer". To take the position that there exists no evidence of a god or gods, one must define what a god is. Based on the definitions posited by those who set the standard of god (AKA scholars of the faith), I can assure you that there is no God.
If God is natural law, then yeah, definitely God exists - but why call something God when it all ready has another name. That's like saying "There's a chumbwomper on yahoo answers, and chumpwompers are all people that go by Darkvelvetrain". It is nonsense.
Also, atheists don't talk about Buddhism in the same breath as atheism because there is no god in Buddhism, and no, Buddha was not a god, he was a man, just like everyone else, whom the Buddhists broke free of the cycle of rebirth by abandoning all desires.
Furthermore, Judaism and Christianity are taught about in History courses across the US. The dogma, however, is not discussed.
Last I checked the school district wasn't teaching greek mythology as scientific facts... nice try though on making atheists look bad when you just make believers seem less intelligent. Buddhists are atheists, plus the buddhists and taoists get enough from the christians saying its a false religion started by the devil.
"I mean have you ever seen an atheist sue a school system that teaches their children about Greek/Roman Mythology?"
I've never known a school to teach Greek/Roman mythology as anything EXCEPT mythology...
"Have you noticed that most Atheist posts here never question other religions, such as Taoist or Buddhism?"
Have you noticed most Taoists and Buddhists aren't trying to indoctrinate children with whimsical fairy tales of invisible sky daddies creating the world as fact?
And for the record, I am most certainly atheist, in addition, I AM anti-Christian. Just as I am anti-Islam. And anti-Judaism. I'm anti ANY religion.
1. No I wouldn't sue a school system that teaches mythology because....brace yourself, they are teaching it as mythology. 2. I don't post questions about religion. But, this might be a clue: When the bible thumpers come to my door - in other words, come onto my property uninvited - and are trying to tell me the "good news" but are also willing to tell me that I'm going to burn in eternal torment....well, that person is surprisingly enough never a Buddhist but always someone preaching about the love of christianity.