Why do people who believe in god get mad?

I don't know. I don't get all ticked off when someone says they DO believe in a god or gods, so I just can't really understand that mentality.

I think many have wrapped their religion so tightly into their identity that anything calling that religion into question, even someone just saying they don't believe it, makes them feel their entire life is called into question.

@cougargirl-

Gee, you don't care what we believe or don't believe? Awesome- get the message out to the rest of the Christians in America to stop trying to convert people and keep their religious beliefs out of our laws, schools, and government then.

Of course, according to you, they never do that. Funny, my car must get tracted and my doorbell rung by invisible gnomes then.

@Penny Lane-

So if I come up to you and tell you that you deserve eternal torture because you don't believe in Zeus, that's not personal or insulting, then? Particularly since the vast majority of these incidences of "you're going to hell" occur completely unsolicited?

Cool. Sorry, but you deserve an eternity of torment in the Fields of Punishment for blasphemy against the Gods. Just telling it like it is. It's a sad fact you'll just have to accept that you're a horrible, miserable human being just for being born and that by not providing a burnt offering to Zeus, you deserve to be in pain for an unimaginable eternity.

You're misunderstanding. Someone saying a lack of belief in Jesus sends one to hell isnt a personal judgment or them "getting mad".

Its them sharing a doctrinal belief with you, which you are free to accept or reject. Its information. There is likely no emotional basis for it unless you're being offensive.

See, to YOU, saying anything about "going to hell" might sound like an insult. To a Christian is a matter of fact. Like saying, if you go far enough east, you're going to end up in the ocean. Its not a threat to drown you, or a statement that everyone going east is bad. Its just what happens when you go far enough east. Water will appear. End of story.

Stop making it personal.

That's what all you atheist say and it couldn't be further from the truth, we don't really care what you people believe or don't believe okay. I worry about my own salvation and you need to worry about yours period....end of subject.

Yikes there are some crazy religious people out there... I believe in God but if you don't that's your choice.

Yea theres something wrong with them. They need to calm down and mature