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Do Atheists Dislike All...?
authority figures like the police or the military or their fathers and of course God ?
Just asking a question...its not a statement.
14 Answers
- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
Yes, children loathe authority because they think they know everything.
- ?Lv 78 years ago
First of all, it is impossible for a sane person to dislike something that doesn't exist.
Atheists are not all alike. I am unique unto myself.
I don't like authority figures. I like to think for myself.
I am a pacifist. I am a powerful god-like being. I don't need police or the military and my father has been dead for about 20 years now.
- silver dLv 78 years ago
The military? Yes, I do dislike the military, intensely. They're killers, who make the owners of this country richer, by murdering people.
The police? No. For the most part (though there are some bad apples), they keep us safe.
And my father? Yes, I also dislike him. Not because he was an authoritarian figure in my life, but because he traded the life he had with Mom and us kids, for crystal meth.
- DiogenesLv 78 years ago
Well, I certainly dislike people who abuse their power and generally distrust arbitrary authority, but that has nothing to do with why I'm an atheist.
I'm still waiting for genuine evidence of god's objective existence and intellectual integrity prevents me from hypocritically pretending subjective mental experience is real.
- 8 years ago
No. And God is not an authority figure because he does nothing.
God is om-impotent.
The authority figures, who are disliked, are the religious leaders.
- jpopelishLv 78 years ago
Atheism is only about not believing in the reality of hypothetical deities.
It has nothing to do with real authority figures
or with authority, in general.
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Regards,
John Popelish
- Anonymous8 years ago
Why the hell would being an Atheist mean we hate the police, military, or our fathers. This is just beyond stupid.
We do not necessarily hate God, we jsut don't believe in him.
- ?Lv 78 years ago
Not at all. Most atheists don't even dislike the idea of a deity. All that the the term 'atheist' defines is someone who doesn't believe in a deity.
- God of ThunderLv 78 years ago
No, but we understand that believers have a strong need to make up lies about us.