Indoctrination that has been repeated throughout many centuries. Non believers are a threat to the religion because it might convince more people to stop believing in god.

And since religion doesn't have a lot of logic, math or otherwise observable circumstances supporting their belief, it is better to discredit than to counter-argue. It's a business strategy. It's a clever one from their standpoint if the goal is to keep as many people believing as possible

One of the biggest problems is it states in their book, there will be a "judgement day"!
They can't help reminding people of that. 🤷‍♀️

As a believer, I do not feel threatened by non believers. To each their own. However, one thing that I have noticed, especially on here, is the need for non believers to criticize or attempt to ridicule those who believe. One of the main reasons I rarely respond to posts that involve religion.

I am not threatened at all. Most atheists are the butt of jokes but not something to be feared. They are the losers in any discussion.

I think that those who are confident in their beliefs don't feel threatened by anyone who doesn't share that belief. Those that aren't confident maybe need to be asking themselves some questions rather than taking it out on others. I guess some people get angry when they are going through a process of change.

They sometimes believe they'll fail with God, if they don't save you.
My son is an atheist, he's a grown person able to make up his own mind.
Don't love him any less,and don't think any less of him, and don't try to push my beliefs down his throat
He has a couple Christian friends.

It's the fear of discovering that they're being unreasonable. And they surely are.

The believers know they will be challenged by non believers to offer up actual evidence.This is a major issue as there is no evidence anywhere on the planet.

I don't think believers think non belivers are bad. Everybody sins...

Most theists are afraid the Atheist will convince them and they would be lost

Why do non believers feel threatened by Christians? Christians aren’t taught anything of the kind. Christians absolutely don’t treat you all like murderers and rapists. Notice I didn’t say believers. Just because you believe doesn’t make you a Christian.

Its not easy to be the odd one out in a group.. So it may be a good idea to withdraw or have some flags ..

The problem with Believers are that they have problems in rationalising and learning. But they are so afraid that they seek ratification quite often since they don't want the non-believer to achieve something that they can't.. So they constantly debase and demoralize the nonbelievers..

Yeah I think a lot of the time people still conflate being areligious with being amoral. I don't know why though.

I just feel a little sorry for them because they do not understand what they are missing. Never threatened. If anything it has been the other way around - somehow my faith has been threatening to some atheists I have known.

I definitely understand. When I left the church I lost a lot of people I’d thought were friends. I’ve been hesitant to let pious people get too close ever since.

No real church teaches that non religious people are just bad. That would be horrible because then how could they be saved? Don't hang out with fake Christians and you won't have that issue.

Non-believers tend to challenge their beliefs with science, and logic.

No one is worse than anyone else. I don't think you are bad. So sorry if I made you feel that!

maybe because neither person feels secure in their belief

They're believers too.Just of something else.
Naturally they want believers to believe what they want.Anything else is a threat.
Same with the other way.
Safety in numbers I suppose so it helps them feel more secure or correct.

In my own experience I’ve witnessed hate from religious people to those that don’t believe. I’ve also seen hate from non religious people to anyone that does believe. For some reason humans largely seem to be obsessed with others agreeing with their views whatever they may be. So to have people say plainly they don’t think the same way it can stir a frustration in some people. Some members of my family are religious. They’re good people & love me very much. They think I’ll burn in Hell not because I’ve done anything to hurt others but simply because that’s how it works in their beliefs. It crushes them to think I won’t be with them in their version of an afterlife. My cousin she is honestly the model of what I think a religious person ought to be for the most part. She truly practices what she preaches. She’s strong, smart, kind, generous, good natured. If more people religious or not behaved like her this world would be better for it. When it comes to others perceptions you can’t truly change them unless they’re open to it. We have to be ourselves & maybe many people will like us for who we are but not everyone will.

I don't. I used to be a non believer (I'm not a Christian though). I hate edgy new atheists that misrepresent religious arguments and attack anyone religious though. Often they also assume religion just means Abrahamic religion. Arguing the Christian concept of God with a Hindu or Jain is ridiculous.