Religious people; do you hate atheists or agnostics?

No.

The really militant ones bug the sh!t out of me, though. It seems there is a lot of them on R&S.

What really bugs me though, are things like Zeitgeist....Been debunked by numerous scholars and historians (many of them atheist, mind you) and people still believe that kind of stuff. It's like the 9/11 truthers, Obama birthers, and moon-landing hoaxers....

"but they were kind of rude to me when I told them I was agnostic."

It may not be that they were personally trying to be rude. It could be for a number of reasons. They could have let something come out that they didn't mean, they could have not known the right thing to say, etc. It's even possible that they could have seen you like a foreigner. Maybe they've never been around one before and didn't know what to expect.

If you believe something is out there, maybe you should investigate. I don't know if you were raised in a religion, but I was. I had many doubts, which ended up as some disbelief by the time I was 20 or so. Not about God, but about Jesus. I actually came across Francis Collins (He's an evolutionary scientist) one day, as he was giving a presentation about science and belief. He mentioned the historical evidence for Jesus' resurrection that he as a scientist could not refute or deny. It took him 2 years to finally "give up" as he said, and become a Christian.

I looked into it myself, and found that there is quite a bit of historical evidence of Jesus' resurrection. I've searched for the refutations of the evidence from atheists, muslims, etc, and there is nothing of value there. They don't refute it, they just question it.

The evidence is out there for anyone. If it isn't true, then a person should be able to refute it right? But if it is true, then a person may want to consider their beliefs.

From the sounds of it I'd have the same outlook as you, and have experienced similar treatment from religious individuals.

I have one neighbour who is very religious (Seventh Day Adventist). She's an older lady and I met her because she had asked me for help with some electronics. I helped her out and after that she kept calling me, saying how nice I was, that I should meet her kids (they're a couple years younger than I am) and how she's sure I would become friends with them.

After she invited me to watch a religious video with a group of her church members I informed her that I wasn't Christian, but agnostic. She had assumed I was because I knew about Christianity (had been raised in a Christian home). After she discovered that, she never called me again, never bothered with me again.

That isn't the only time that someone has behaved like that.

I can't speak about other religions, but why many Christians do this is because they believe that the "unsaved" are all potential tools for the devil. That anyone who isn't a Christian is left open to be used by the devil to try to pull Christians away from their faith. This is why they are so much more likely to do business and form relationships with other Christians, because someone who believes what they do should share their morals and "is on God's side". As agnostics, we would be "unbelievers who are stumbling blindly through life".

It's unfortunate, but it happens. Of course, not all Christians react like above.

I'd like to answer more to this, but no, that is not how everyone is - or how they are supposed to be I believe. When I meet agnostics, I talk to them about it if they have questions, though I haven't had a whole bunch, but I have with some, and I wasn't mean or anything. I do the same with atheists. The bible at least, to be specific, would not condone that. I'm not sure what you mean by "kind of rude" though?

Also, I'm a Christian and I don't hate agnotics/atheists. There will be differences in opinion, but I don't hate them.

Maybe they were confused because they thought that waiting until marriage is something that only religious people do. It's a pretty decent conclusion to draw. If some one tells me they are waiting until marriage, I assume it's because of their religious beliefs.

But no, not all guys are like that. Most guys won't really care what your religious background is. Some Christian guys might be like that, but it's only because some Christians are raised by parents who only want them to date other Christians. But there are PLENTY of nice Christian boys who will accept you as you are!! I'm sure of it!

It's interesting though...If you date a not-so religious guy, you will likely have to have an uncomfortable conversation where he might judge you because you want to wait until marriage. If you date a religious guy, you may have to have a potentially uncomfortable conversation explaining why you aren't religious, but you're waiting until marriage. Predicament!

Good luck out there though. There ARE some nice boys!! They do exist!

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I'm an atheist, open and out of closet if someone asks me. I find it rude that people can not get along with each other because of religion. Our opinions may be different, but we should respect each other wither you are atheist, Christian, Jahovah Witness, Catholic, or whatever religion you are. Since there is a balance of agony, love, and happiness, we should cling on to each other, instead of fighting each other because of a different religion.No matter what we believe in, we are no different then any other person. That's my opinion.

I don't really consider myself religious, but I am Christian. I don't really get too annoyed by either because I expect it from the world, and I can understand if faith isn't what they choose, so neither. That's usually the case. People I could hate are people who say they belong in the family of God and they glorify themselves, or they talk down on my close friends.

I don't hate atheist, I just pick on them like they do christians. I like agnostics personally. I think it's because they are truly opened minded.

The way I understand what agnostics means, is: you can't prove God's existence, but you're not denying the existence of a creator either.

Basically saying, science can't prove it. And that may be true, science can not prove God's existence, but when you look at life itself, very intricately, it is hard to deny that it is to complicated to just have happened by mistake.

Hating people is against my Elohim. My Elohim commanded me to love one another. People whether Christian or a Atheist will tend to be hateful or rude. Why? Because You don't agree with there beliefs.

No dear, not at all.

Actually, there is a sense of sadness for the lack of faith and the phrophesied destiny of atheists and agnostics.

Christianity is a Reality that some shall never come to, because the Seed of faith was taken from them.

When one is looking in 1 - direction , it is tunnel vision. Tunnel vision discourages a panoramic viewpoint of all people, and encourages predjudices........

People are passionate in their beliefs on both sides of the coin, yet it usually does not make them haters. Most haters are bashers and scoffers which comes with individual viewpoints or perceptions, instead of particular groups.........

Regardless of belief or lack of belief, we are all still the common bond of being human beings dear.

People may scratch you, rub you wrong, but by being receptive and not defensive ...... one can come out a more smooth and polished person..........................