Keep in mind that the purpose of this thread is to demean atheism by implying that the lack of a god belief leads to immoral murderous regimes, which further implies that with religion, people are better. Religion didn't help Hitler or Stalin.
If religions want to make this claim, then it can be blamed for failing. If they're not better people than secular humanists, for example, then the religion failed and the argument for moral superiority is defeated.
You're such an atheophobic bigot. An every one of you is taught to hate by your church. Many refuse to incorporate that hatred and start atheist bashing threads, but too many of you are happy to hate. Incidentally, this is exactly why I am an antithest who speaks against religions like yours and encourages its demise. The world doesn't need institutions teaching hatred.
You starting these threads? I wait for them with anticipation. Unlike some people, I wouldn't start a hate thread for the purpose of telling you how little I think of your religion, but these threads open the door to that. If you want to tell me how empty and meaningless my life is, then I will rebut that as I did. Your world view is empty to me, and it seems to be failing you given your angst and plaintive tone, but I would never tell you that except in this setting.
You claim persecution of your faith by atheists and are clearly angry about it, but it is you who goes on the offensive. We're only answering you.
Moreover, you are addicted to your beliefs. As you indicated, you suffer withdrawal when your faith wanes, and what's left of life becomes insufficient for you. I'm grateful to have made the effort to learn how to live without a god belief.
But I don't recommend it for you.
There was a thread recently about the level of conflict on RF of late, and it was presented as a two to tango matter, but I disagree. Threads like this attacking whatever it is that you theists don't like about are the principle source of this mutual contempt and disrespect. People will remember this squabble, but not who started it.
Yeah, and if you want to walk around in a Klan robe, you can always say that you didn't design it. Your bringing that Christian garbage here (I didn't read it because I have no respect for the ethics and methods of Christian apologetics, but the comment of others who did read it confirm that I made the right choice).
This is knowingly dishonest. It attempts to blame the moral failings of authoritarian strongmen on their atheism, when you know that you are surrounded in these threads with atheists who are gentle, constructive people Your implications that we are your moral inferior for being atheists, as if that makes us predisposed to murder, is dishonest and offensive.
Who taught you to hate atheists and come onto the Internet to demean them? Rhetorical question - no need to answer. It wasn't the UN, or Domino's pizza, or the NFL. It's your Bible and church. You can see why people like me will have our lives improved when your church is too weak and insignificant to generate this much hatred and bigotry. You have no other reason to hate atheists like you do than the way your religion has conditioned you. Secular humanists are mostly law abiding, well educated, hard working people trying to raise their families well and improve their communities.
It's disgusting what the Christian church has been doing for centuries. And then you call it persecution and Christian bashing when atheists object and rebut your church's bigotry.
Of course, you will accept not responsibility for being the provocateur, seeing yourself as a loving and constructive person being unfairly attacked. But this is all your doing. You brought this dispute.
You have a long way to go to catch up. I've already perfected this.
Atheism has done nothing to religion. In this case, you've brought this on yourself. It's religion attacking atheists, and atheists telling you that they've had enough of your malicious intent. You're like the thug who attempts to mug somebody, has a gun pulled on him, and runs to the police playing victim and complaining of persecution.
Christianity, however, has blood on its hands regarding atheists. One, atheists were executed or tortured in inquisitions by Christianity. Secular humanism gave us secular, democratic government with guaranteed personal rights including freedom from religion, taking all that fun away from the church. In this century, Christians were only able to demean atheists by branding them as immoral (as you are attempting to do with your disgusting implication that atheists are more likely to be murderers) and preventing them from adopting, coaching, teaching, serving on juries, giving expert testimony, or holding elected office.
You too.
We should have been friends, but your religion and its hatred got in the way. You chose a Jerry Garcia avatar. Mine is a Jerry bear. Major deadhead from way back here.
And being a deadhead generally means being kind, not hateful. The band created a culture of peace and love. I wish you'd get rid of that avatar. It doesn't belong with you. Garcia would not have approved of what you are doing here, either.
You live in Irvine, California, right? I have lived all over Southern California for several decades, and have seen the Dead in your backyard, Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, many times. Also, Anaheim Stadium. I saw this show there:
We should have been friends, but we will never be that. Your religion came between us. It taught you to disrespect me, and now the feeling is mutual. Congratulations.
Looking forward to it. Hope you can handle the rebuttals.
Sue there is. It's the same harm that your church and its vectors like you have always been guilty of.
You didn't question anything. You hatefully went on the attack, you know it, and are playing coy now - "Who me? I didn't pen it. I merely brought it here for others to read. I'm just questioning atheists."
You've been identified as a passive-aggresive atheophobe in your other threads. And you have already announced that you're on a mission against atheists.
I'll bet that this thread gets closed as well. It's a malicious and defamatory OP. The site seems to have no problem with any number of these atheist bashing threads starting up, even though they always end up contentious. I for one choose not to roll over for Christian bigots.