I'm surprised at the number of questions targeting atheists. Help me understand this feud.?

The attacks on each other are not caused by beliefs but by pride. In a religious sense, pride is defined as enmity or hatred against God and man. It is competitive in nature. The prideful person does not just want more wealth, power, prestige, position, respect, success, etc. He wants more than others. Pride is the force behind road rage, political contention, religious contention on both sides, broken families, war, the destruction of nations, etc.

Prideful people take pleasure when others are put down. They are unforgiving and mean. The proud rich are unwilling to give. The proud poor cannot keep their eyes off of other peoples stuff. The proud educated think that they are above others.

The proud reject God, thinking that they do not need Him. Prideful Christians are unwilling to place the counsel of God first. They are unrepentant, ungrateful, judgemental and often mean spirited.

Of all the character traits that could be used, Christ characterized Himself as meek and lowly in heart. A meek person is focused outwards. It is not about him. He does not have to have the last say, is happy when others are lifted up, does not brag, is not judgemental or hypocritical and does not seek for position and power. When Christ was on the cross, after all the beating, spitting, mocking, etc., His concern was for His mother, those who were crucifying Him and the others on the cross.

For sure, there is a lot of trolling on both sides. Theists do it because they can't comprehend how anyone would not believe in their beloved god. They think that we're all going to hell because we live our lives in sin, without morals. Atheists do it because they can't believe how any rational person could believe in an imaginary being in the sky. In the case of legitimate questions, the big difference between the two sides is that theists usually ask questions based on ignorance, like they think atheists are these poor, condemned creatures who live wretched lives without any morals. Meanwhile, most atheists know more about religious doctrine than theists do, and definitely know more about science, so they ask more intelligent, thought-provoking questions. The only time I get really pissy with theists is when they hide behind their holy book to justify their hatred and bigotry, especially when it comes to women's rights and LGBT rights. And when they tell me I deserve to go to their fictitious hell just because I don't share their beliefs.

Matt 10:14 “Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet."

I'm surprised you only see this happening in one direction.

It's about FEAR...

Christers FEAR anyone who doesn't FEAR what they FEAR... and or because they resent the fact we can cruise through our lives without the paranoia of believing there's an invisible man in the sky who can screw with us whether we're 'good' or not.

Like, see what the sky psycho does to kids.

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My assessment as a declared atheist- It is sometimes a trolling question, sometimes related to the fact that people think atheists have lower morality, and sometimes related to the fact that religions are aimed at expanding themselves (other than Judaism). Christianity at least at Evangelical level, is like Islam, that non-believers are forever sent to hell after death. Christianity has a very high focus on afterlife.

Atheists are just above Muslims, to Christians, and on the bottom by far for Evangelical Christians

https://www.pewforum.org/2017/02/15/americans-expr...

Also, although declared atheist is only about 4% of the USA, there is a fear felt by Christians in the falling religiosity in the USA. After seeing the small 4% number a couple of researchers looked into it and believe that at least 25% of the USA are on the unsure/probably not side of the fence in belief in God when answering anonymously or questions designed to get true beliefs. Religious people are afraid of losing that majority hold, as many white people in the USA have a fear of losing control and Republican Conservatives are losing control as well. There is a lot of fear in people of losing control.

I think that the atheists and Christians in this forum are not representative of their respective groups. The atheists and Christians who conflict here do so because they actually enjoy the conflict. As a former Christian myself, it especially saddens me to see Christians act in an unchristian manner."

It's just trolling, probably by people who have no strong religious beliefs either way.

The same sort of trolling is targeted towards religious believers.

The futility of this feud between Christians and atheists is on going and eternal apparently. Get used to it.

They are here, being irrational illogical trolls, whose only purpose is to disrupt

So we might as well get some entertainment while they are here