Do You Become Offended When Rejects Your Idea of the Truth?

[ChristineES]

Just a question that popped up.
Do you(theists) become upset when someone rejects your idea of God?
Do you (atheists) become upset when someone rejects your idea that there is no God?
Does it not upset you?
If it does upset you, why is that? If it doesn't upset you, why not?

[The Voice of Reason]

Personally speaking, I am not offended in the slightest.

I do, however, take great offense when someone (atheist, agnostic, theist, deist, etc.) assumes that they hold the only answer and tells the rest of us that we are wrong.

This is most usually compounded by theists that use their preferred religous text to substantiate their claim.

[Willamena]

I'm not offended by ideas that contradict mine --they're just different ideas. The only time I might get offended is when someone presumes ideas as mine that are ones I've never even thought to think.

[Bouncing Ball]

Do You Become Offended When Rejects Your Idea of the Truth?

I view truth not as a variable subject that differs per person, but as one standing truth. I will not be offended when they bring there thoughts as opinion, but I will debate it when they bring it as the truth. Many religious people see a God/non-god debate as offence..

[Gentoo]

I'm not offended. I recognize that everyone has their own ideas and experiences, and they don't have to share mine in order to validate myself. Not to mention that different experiences are going to lead people in very different directions, to me it would be absurd to expect every single person to reach the same conclusion.

[stephenw]

No I don't, my ideas need refining!

[Sunstone]

Originally Posted by ChristineES

Just a question that popped up.
Do you(theists) become upset when someone rejects your idea of God?
Do you (atheists) become upset when someone rejects your idea that there is no God?
Does it not upset you?
If it does upset you, why is that? If it doesn't upset you, why not?

I'm much more likely to be offended by someone who tries to put words in my mouth than by someone who merely rejects whatever notions I might have.

[The Voice of Reason]

Originally Posted by Sunstone

I'm much more likely to be offended by someone who tries to put words in my mouth than by someone who merely rejects whatever notions I might have.

So, if I'm reading your post correctly - you're saying that God does not exist, that George W. Bush is the greatest leader our nation has ever had, and that eating the flesh of animals is wrong!

I agree.

[Halcyon]

It depends how the rejection is stated, if the person just says "I don't believe that" or I don't accept that as true" then I wouldn't be offended. But if people called my beliefs/ideas idiotic and made fun of them then I would be a little hurt