why do some/most athiests hate christianity instead of jewdism*/hinduism/islam/buddhism?
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I will give you two answers...\n\nFirst, most atheists DON'T necessarily hate Christianity more than other religions...  Most atheists hate the most predominant religion where they live.  If you go to India, I am sure most of the atheists there will hate Hinduism more than other religions.\n\nSecond, the Bible says there is power in the Name of Jesus, and power in the Word of God.  It is the Truth, coming from the Almighty.  People will hate that most which condemns them the most.  Islam and other religions outwardly condemn those who do not adhere to it, however, in the end, it is the Word of God (the Christian Bible) by which they will be condemned.  They will naturally hate it more.
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some athiests can understand Christianity very well and still not love God ,what about them
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That's a complicated question. Yes, they are all Christian but Christianity is an odd religion, really. Even if you have a same based religion, one branch of that religion is going to think that they're better than the others. And that's not limited to Christianity. Muslim's are divided into two groups: Sunnis and Shiites and they hate each other. It doesn't matter if it's the same religion, some people are always going to believe they're better than everyone else. Religions just a boundary we like to push down each other's throats.
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I disagree with Don S that Islam is the perversion of Judaism and Catholicism is the perversion of Christianity.\n\nI believe it is not the religions that promote intolerance, but people themselves who have trouble reconciling the fact that someone can be different and be a good person. \nReligious people who truly believe their faith get along; those who do not allow for tolerance and other beliefs aren't really following their religion.
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it's mostly because other belief systems ( beside islam, but their presence in yahoo answers is rare ) do not find the need to defend their faith so overwhelming\n\ni.e: buddhism, hinduism, zen ( if you can consider it to be a religion ), shinto, etc etc\n\nsome atheists are basically just poking fun at the most aggressive religions, in this case; christians ( the islams aren't very numerous here ) - because the targets can be relied upon to to act defensively\n\nothers are actually hostile, probably a response to their previous negative experience with religion\n\nchristians are just... responding - they can't help it, it's their programmed response. although some are doing a lot more than just responding and has started their own crusade
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It's not Christians and Atheists.  \n\nIt's fundie xians and militant atheists.  (I suppose you could call me a militant atheist, because I'm guilty of the hostility and disrespect at times when dealing with xians of the fundie variety).  I don't mind christians as a rule (Or Muslims or Jews, or any other religion).  I believe faith is a personal thing and everyone has to follow their heart, but the moment they start trying to push their religion on others, or condescend to anyone who doesn't believe what they do, it gets my back up and sometimes the claws come out.
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You obviously never heard the stories of Jesus accepting sinners, lepers and pagans when Jews of his time shunned and out casted these people.  Do you bash Christianity because it teaches that being gay is wrong or are you just not knowledgeable about Christianity?  It sounds like you're bashing Christians.
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True Christians should not hate Muslims, gays, adulterers, Buddhists, Mormons or anyone else!  Christianity is supposed to be a faith of love.  We are to hate the sins, but love the sinners.  Some, so called Christians, hate Muslims because of the violence some Muslims commit, some because of what Muhammad said about Jesus (although most don't know what the Muslim faith believes), that He was not God incarnate.  I think mostly, people in general hate Muslims due to the fear of the unknown and that they are different.  It really is sad that hate is based in ignorance, but that is the way of life.  I wish they would study their own beliefs as well as the Muslim beliefs and be able to present the truths of the Bible rather than ignorantly condemning some truly moral and faith filled Muslims.
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I don't 'hate' anyone but I am sick to death of certain religious types who go around spreading lies and misconceptions about other religions when 1.) they know nothing about them but what their holy books says, 2.) use tracts from obviously biased sources (i.e. Chick tracts), 3.) harass other religions, 4.) blatantly go around being discriminatory, 5.) do all that then complain they are SO harassed and are persecuted.
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I'm not quite sure I understand the question.  As a Jew I am not anti-Christianity. (not even sure what anti-Christianity would mean).  I believe differently than Christians, but I can respectfully agree to disagree. I also disagree with Muslim beliefs.  In fact I even disagree with some Jewish people's beliefs!  (such as reform, reconstructionists, etc.)  \nIn short I'm not anti anybody except evil people like Hitler, Bin Laden, and so on, (if you could even call them people)...
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they are the extremists, trust me.  Most christians can accept and will respect Judaism as a religion.  However, in the bible, it says that A Jewish man betrayed Jesus.  Thats why *some* christians *hate* Judaism.
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in my opinion its because most Christians cant think for themselves and wont accept any other religion as valid. and i hate how the first Christians adapted many pagan traditions just so they could convert them easier
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Hate begets Hate.\n\nSadly most zealots, regardless of which religion, can't understand how foolish and small they really are.
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unforunatly many people who claim to be "christrians" really dont have the love of God in their heart, and it puts a bad wrap on the rest of the christians. so thats why so many people dislike them.
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As a christian, I have a distaste for homosexuality, but that does not mean that I should hate you. Jesus loves everyone, even those who do not follow in his path. I don't take homophobia as a bad thing, in a society the majority will naturally be heterosexual, making homosexuality a deviancy. It's just natural for a civilization to be wary of that.\nBut going back to your beliefs that the christians "hide" behind the bible, we don't. The bible defines our beliefs and therefore we must follow them to the best of our abilities. That includes disapproval of homosexuality. I'm sorry that you've been burdoned with this, just know that Jesus' love really is unconditional.
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They don't do it with Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, or Islam.  It must be something about Christianity.
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To be honest with you I really don't know but it is really stupid to fight over religion. those christians who don't respect other religion is  considered biases, or racist. So I believe they are bad people themselves. But remember, other religious people are like that too, so not all christians are like that. there is only one God in this Universe and I don't think God cares about thousands of religion. What God really cares about is that you go to heaven.