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Why are atheists so angry?

Many atheists seem to find it offensives that others believe in God, why is this? Do they feel threatened by believers or are the just a little frightened the the believers may be right? Do they feel under attack by believers?
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BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F
Well, let's put it this way. Atheists aren't the ones telling people that they're going to burn in hell, or that they deserve to starve in the street. People believing in God does not upset me. What does upset me are people like John Hagee or Rick Wiles who claim that God has instructed them to cause great harm to others, or to neglect and abuse the most vulnerable among us, such as the homeless or disabled.
@BlueMetalChick God instructed me to eat junk food. I don't wanna do it but I can't make him angry 😏🍔🍟🍕
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BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F
@Qwerty14 Reminds me of the character that Matthew McConaghey (pretty sure I spelled that wrong) plays in "True Detective." He says "God is a human creation. The concept of God has been around ever since the beginning, when one monkey pointed at the sun and told the other monkey 'he said for you to give me your fucking share.'"
BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F
@fairefoutre Aye, you might be surprised. Walking around downtown here in the city and you run into these guys who stand out on the sidewalk with amplifiers and microphones, and when you walk past they bombard you with diatribes about how you have to repent or you'll be damned.
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BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F
@Pavona I did always find it awfully convenient that out of the thousands of different religious that exist and have existed over the course of human history, you just happened to have been born into the one who got it right, and specifically your interpretation of that religion is the right one.
@BlueMetalChick a very Marxist way of interpreting religion. I think a more likely scenario would be when one human thought "how can I get these idiots to stop killing each other? I know, I'll tell them if they do they'll make the sun mad". Same basic principle. Evolves from there when people then ask "how can we make the sun happier?". Then sun god slowly turns into son of God and bam! Christianity.

And before any Christians get annoyed... No this isn't how it actually happened. I'm just making a joke lol
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BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F
@Qwerty14 Well I am bordering on Marxism, at least in some capacity, so that's not surprising.

I see the logic in your hypothesis but if that is indeed the origin of religion, it's possibly the most spectacular failure in the history of humanity.
@BlueMetalChick Yeah it's surprisingly hard to convince someone not to kill others. You think it would be the first thing we learn but nope...
BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F
@Pavona Reminds me of George Carlin. "There's an invisible man in the sky who watches your every move. And he has a list of ten things he doesn't want you to do, and if you do any of those ten things, he'll send you to a horrible place full of fire and brimstone to suffer and toil for all eternity...but he loves you. He loves you, and he needs money!"
@BlueMetalChick I understand the joke but let's be real about that quote and break it down.

God isn't a man, nor invisible, he isn't in the sky, he doesn't have a list of ten things, he won't send you to a horrible place and he doesn't need your money.

I feel that Carlin's comment just shows how out of touch most people are about religion. If that quote is how Americans view Christianity then I'm shocked they have as many followers as they do.
BlueMetalChick · 26-30, F
@Qwerty14 I feel like he's insulting the church as an institution more than people who are religious.
@BlueMetalChick Oh definitely. Fact is religious people don't ask for money, they give the money. But it still highlights a lack of knowledge about religion and about Christianity.