Are ATHEISTS unthinking people. Like ostritches hiding their heads in the sand?
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A question sprung up in your head and you decided to post it on here, that's great, but before you decide to act like you know what you're talking about, you should do some thorough research. For example, in your additional comments, you mention that only humans are capable to love and to be loved.\n\nLet me answer by this: Did you know that there's one species of eagles, called mountain eagle if I remember correctly, that chooses a partner for life?\n\nNow go look on the net for more species that have the same characteristic and who knows, you might stumble across the answers to what you posed.\n\nGood luck & good reading!\n\nP.S.  You should adopt an ostrich as a pet...
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I think some people are confused. They don't really realize that many of the people they think of as "atheists" are actually god-fearing individuals.\n\nThey simply point at Hollywood or scientists and assume that these people are godless. They are largely wrong.\n\nI'm coming from a different frame of view. I think that faith divides people and causes them to do terrible things to one another. Worse than that, it justifies these actions. The idea that atheists are immoral is faulty. The idea that one cannot have morals without god is faulty. \n\nThe people who come down so hard on atheism are missing that it truly is a message of tolerance. It's an acknowlegement that there are no rewards or punishments in some made-up after-life, so it is incumbent upon the individual to do the right thing for no other reason than doing the right thing. It is selfless in that sense.\n\nThere is a man in Florida who is trying to start a town for Catholics where abortion (among other things) would be banned. Is it constitutional? I don't know. However, I think that if I were to try to start a town for atheists, secular-humanists, whatever you want to call yourself and the only rules would be "1. No worship of the supernatural and 2. Tolerate everyone" people would go crazy and decry it as a new Sodom or Gomorrah.\n\nAlso, atheists cannot recruit in the traditional sense. We cannot "show you the light." One must reach their own rational conclusions. The further truth is that most atheists do not fault people simply for believing in god. It's when they use their faith as justification for intolerance or violence that we really get up in arms.\n\nDespite our lack of organization, we have something going for us that no other "faith" does. We will never go away. Whether people worship Zeus, Jehovah, or (maybe in 1000 years) The Star Wars Trilogy, there will always be people who say, "This cannot be right."
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This is very true.  I know quite a few atheists and agnostics who are very good people.  Those who judge them otherwise are ignorant and should not be payed attention to.
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You know what? This is one of the points where their religion crashes. One of them, because there are many more. Where has common sense escaped to, nowadays, I wonder?\n\nI'm a fellow atheist, and a satanist, so I'm not involved in any activity requiring brainwashing.
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I think atheists are often a little defensive when it comes to topics of religion, because they're so often nagged to 'convert' to others' point of view... They may also be a little fed up with so many people reminding them that they're going to die because they don't believe, etc..\n\n...I know I don't appreciate being reminded of those types of 'facts.'
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Religion is just something that was invented by charismatic and smart people a long time ago.  \n\nI think of those people as just shrewd politicians.  It's in human nature for some people to do this type of stuff and for others to be sheep.\n\nWhat I can't believe is how people can take things seriously that were written by people who thought the world was flat.  My point being that they had a lot of BS stories to make themselves feel like they understood things.  \n\nJust take the fools that slaughtered people to appease the gods so they could get some rain.  Obviously they didn't know that rain wasn't a thing that was turned on and off by a magical being.  \n\nThe fact others don't realize I'm right is also mystifying.  \n\nAs a side note, it's been proven that atheists are proven to be smarter human beings than people who believe in religion.\n\nIt's a true fact that an high percentage of the genius's were atheist.
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I'm an atheist myself, but in defense of religious people, there are some wonderful, well-meaning, loving religious people out there. Then there are some jerks. It's the same, in my experience, with any group of people. There are always going to be some loudmouths who want to convince you to be like them. But don't let them make you think that they're all like that. They aren't.
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No.  All an atheist is saying is that they don't believe in God.  One could be an atheist and still not believe in science.
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It is not a pre-mature assumption on your part.\n\nThe Atheists here are the great and powerful Oz, they know all.\n\nI am being sarcastic, of course...They do not know all, they only wrongly assume that they do.
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That's human nature. We never want to be wrong so we always spin things to fit our preconceived notions instead of looking at something objectively. \n\nI am including Theists and Atheists in this as well
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Atheists are wonderful people. Most Christians seem to like me.( As far as I know.) Some Christians are real dickholes but I would put feelings aside and help anyone in need. Some Christians are very nonjudgmental. You will find good and bad in all people and races. I know Islamic people that are appalled with terrorism. I abuse everyone equally. People that know me  in person know I'm harmless.Sometimes people don't get my humor on answers. Thank you for the thoughtful question.
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The atheists that I have sparred with on YA do not lie. I think atheists are just naturally tied to the physical world that they can confirm with their senses. The living God dwells in eternity which is beyond the physical. He has revealed Himself in scripture, but if you read with the attitude of not caring to find Him, He will not reveal Himself. It is very difficult for the atheist to accept the idea of God, so science is their key to understanding. Unfortunately, like all things physical... it will come to an end. And therein lies the rub. They must come up with a doctrine to explain the hereafter, and that can be quite disquieting.
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Yes,Christians are to love all people, just as God loves them.\n   Atheists know our beliefs,and we are only doing more harm than good by constantly harping on them.They know where we stand,and we know where they stand. If there is any hope at all of changing their minds(though they have made it quite clear we can't change their minds) we have to be more tolerant and understanding with our questions and answers,not to mention a lot more respectful of their decision.\n   Atheists should likewise give Christians the same consideration. They get angry when we qoute Bible scriptures in our answers,but they have to realize that the Word of God is where we get our faith,beliefs and inspiration.
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atheism is not a religion. Yes, atheists receive negative comments and attitudes because we do not follow any religion. I don't want to change anyone's mind, I feel comfortable knowing what I know.
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Ya know that is a good question.I have known a few atheists.Just because one is an atheist,does not mean that they are bad to the bone.I knew a very nice person that was an atheist,and was one of the kindest people I ever knew.I believe this persons morals came from within.This person went out of their way to help those in need,and to try to help make this a better world in which to live.I honestly believe that some people become atheist because of all the bad things that have always happened on earth and always will happen.And they believe that IF there was a GOD he would make it all stop for the better of man kind.They cannot conceive in their minds that a loving god would continue to allow all the bad things to keep happening.And some atheist has a lot more morals than other people i have known.what i fail to understand is how some christians are so quick to judge other people and in the same stroke so quick to keep their sins hush-hush.Not all christians but some do do that.
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Agree 100%. If they supposedly are happy then they definitely wouldn't be on here refuting it. They are not atheists but ANTI-THEISTS full of hate.
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I've learned lots of things from Jim_Darwin, although sometimes he says he's Atheist and sometimes he says he's Agnostic. \n\nI guess it's that Atheists can be spiritual. The concept never occurred to me until someone (not Jim_Darwin) explained an experience he had. I would reference it, but the question was deleted for chatting. Had this person not been adamant that he was Atheist, I would have pegged him as a Pagan because of some Norse mythology he talked about. \n\nI've also learned a lot from the different questions I've answered from Atheists. Not all Atheists are belligerent, and a lot of the questions I've answered have caused me to really think, which has caused me to firm up my beliefs. Prior to coming here, I knew what I believed, but had never really put a lot of it into words. Thanks to a lot of the early questions I answered, who I later found out were Atheist/Agnostic or at least not Christian, I was able to put words to my feelings.