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Major Nikon

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10. I grew up that way

Reply to Jamastiene (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 4, 2020, 04:04 AM

Feb 2020

I decided a long time ago I wasn't going to continue that way. I have no problem whatsoever telling them I'm an atheist or just telling them it's none of their business. If you feel like people polite after they have abandoned any sense of that word, just tell them thanks for the sentiment behind the sermon, but no thanks. I'm not buying what you are selling.

The only reason they think their tactics will work is for the moment within the confines of their ever shrinking mindset they have privilege. But that privilege shrinks a little more each day and the more extreme their tactics get, the more they insure its demise.

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Why do religious people seem to have a bigger problem with atheists [View all] edhopper Feb 2020 OP

No good reason. elleng Feb 2020 #1

The answer is simple Major Nikon Feb 2020 #2

The whole Jews for Jesus thing is popular where I live. Jamastiene Feb 2020 #3

I feel your pain edhopper Feb 2020 #6

Only if you define "Christian" to mean "a good and kind person". Mariana Feb 2020 #17

Jesus said a lot of things about acting kind, helping the underpriviledged edhopper Feb 2020 #22

That may make them bad Christians. Mariana Feb 2020 #23

But I said act edhopper Feb 2020 #24

I grew up that way Major Nikon Feb 2020 #10

It's a bit like asking why BBQers have a bigger problem with vegetarians than RockRaven Feb 2020 #4

What you said. And you said it better than I was going to -- if you are already a believer, Nay Feb 2020 #14

God is the common denominator Cartoonist Feb 2020 #5

Budhists don't believe in God edhopper Feb 2020 #7

Do they have a problem with nones? Cartoonist Feb 2020 #9

I mean edhopper Feb 2020 #15

They think Buddha is a God Cartoonist Feb 2020 #16

They do edhopper Feb 2020 #20

Do Buddhists have a problem with nones Cartoonist Feb 2020 #21

For the same reason that people who like carburetors don't like fuel injectors LastDemocratInSC Feb 2020 #8

a no god is more frieghtening because of the emptiness it evokes. If you chose the wrong god, 3Hotdogs Feb 2020 #11

They hate the atheist who questions why some women have to cover their heads... trotsky Feb 2020 #12

If you believe in something, you're probably easier to convert. Camel's nose in the tent and all. AtheistCrusader Feb 2020 #13

The variability of human nature. guillaumeb Feb 2020 #18

Fear. Iggo Feb 2020 #19