Why do religionists hate us so much?

As we go through our hatemail, we often wonder why religious people get so ANGRY with us, threatening violence, cursing at us, on occasion vandalizing our property, and so on. What gives?

Religionists (in this country, and many other places) have what’s called religious privilege. This is a term in social justice that means certain societal advantages built into our culture that are, by tradition, expected by religious people, propagated by religious people, and defended fiercely by religious people. (Our culture also has white privilege, male privilege, etc). Some examples of religious privilege are listed at the bottom of this post.

One reason people get so angry at our activism is that they perceive our actions not as protecting and fighting for our rights, but as THEIR loss of privilege, even if they wouldn’t word it that way.

The so-called “War on Christmas” is a great example: Christians have had the privilege of assuming this is a “Christian nation” for long enough that they get upset when we assert our place in society as non-Christians.

Losing privilege is certainly no fun. It does feel like you’re losing something, even if it’s something you had unjustly in the first place. When you are accustomed to certain advantages, and you start to lose those advantages, life is harder. Anyone who lost a lot of money in the housing bubble etc knows this feeling, or, say, if you’re a Muslim living in a predominantly Muslim country and you move to the United States. If you used to be able-bodied and become disabled, you will quickly see how uncomfortable and unaccommodating the world can be toward you.

Atheists who were formerly religious can experience the same thing. It is just as difficult for us to lose those privileges as it is for religious people who remain religious to lose them when our activism works to equalize things.

I think it’s important that we keep in mind that religionists have reasons to be upset at us. They aren’t good reasons, but there are reasons. By helping them understand that we are defending equal rights, not special rights, I think we can be on better terms with religionists. Similarly by helping them see that they currently have special rights, perhaps they will be more understanding of our perspective.

– Dave Muscato, Public Relations Director

Some examples of religious privilege from columnist Sam Killerman:

– You can expect to have time off work to celebrate religious holidays (e.g. the government shuts down on your religious holidays).
– Music and television programs pertaining to your religion’s holidays are readily accessible.
– You can worship freely, without fear of violence or threats.
– A bumper sticker supporting your religion won’t likely lead to your car being vandalized.
– You can practice your religious customs without being questioned, mocked, or inhibited.
– Politicians responsible for your governance are probably members of your faith.
– Politicians can make decisions citing your faith without being labeled as heretics or extremists.
– Your faith is accepted/supported at your workplace.
– Construction of spaces of worship will not likely be halted due to your faith.
– You are never asked to speak on behalf of all the members of your faith.
– You can go anywhere and assume you will be surrounded by members of your faith.
– Your faith is taught or offered as a course at most public institutions.
– You can dismiss the idea that identifying with your faith bears certain privileges.

  • Charles Medlin

    Why do religionists hate us so much? Well, religionists have killed over 2 billion people over all, so hating is their method – they believe something but another person believe something else, so they kill that person, apparently.

    • panama

      Have you ever heard of false religion? I guess not.

      • Not This Sh*t Again.

        You mean Christianity and every other religion? Yeah, we’ve all heard of those.


        All religions are false….why? Because religions are based on magic and supernaturalism, that DOES NOT EXIST.

        • panama

          I agree to a certain extent…all religion is false indeed. But what I believe is not religious as religion is man made. Even atheism is a religion (look it up). So atheism is also false per your own words.

          • Cthulhu21

            All religions are man-made, dispite claims that they are products of divine inspiration. Atheism is the lack of belief in a god or gods that is reached after careful consideration (ideally). Lastly, what the frick does “is not as religous as religion” mean?

          • Mike

            He was just missing a comma. The sentence should have read. “…what I believe is not religious, as religion is man made”

          • Cthulhu21

            Doesn’t matter if he’d have put one in or not. Nothing changes as far as I can see.

  • http://www.armchairblasphemy.com/ Edwin Lyngar

    Really good analysis. I really like the comparison to “white privilege” because it makes the issue easier to understand. Thanks for sharing!

  • Jen Dowding

    One thing to keep in mind it that you are getting a skewed sample. Anyone motivated enough to write you will likely have much stronger feelings than someone who is willing to just live and let live.

    It’s like customer service; the ticked off customers are far more likely to complain than someone who got the service the expected (which is why they have to bribe you with prizes to get you to fill out their survey).

  • MJ

    This is very helpful in knowing what to say to those who do believe that this is a “christian” nation. Or those who believe they are being persecuted because we want equal rights.

    thank you.

  • david scully

    it’s simple they are weak minded and can’t handle any question about the foundation of their lives – they cannot make their own decisions

    • Robert

      I can as a christian handle any questions about the foundation of my life. Please ask and I will respond accordingly.

      • anthonykeyes

        What is the foundation of your life?

        • Still Waiting…

          I suppose he responded accordingly confused silence.

          • anthonykeyes

            seems so.

      • Judy Weismonger

        We don’t care about the foundation of your life. It is pure narcissism and paranoid schizophrenia for you and your fellow Christians to believe that we should convert to Christianity, or obey you…simply because you had a bizarre, emotional experience. You are insane.

  • Katherine

    Religionists also hate us because we POKE GIANT HOLES in their Bull Shit…and it just freaks them out. Just today, I was talking with a Reverand preacher who is a failed police officer, a failed public school teacher, and a failed preacher…(he has no church). He said he was waiting for “god to tell him what to do next.” I then said: Which version of god? He stumbled and stammered and said “I don’t want to get into that discussion right now.” meaning he knew I had him by his proverbial cajones and he had no intelligent, rational,or even a good silly answer. I usually destroy the religionists by two simple questions:

    Whose version of god are you speaking about?

    and Prove it.

    Yes, pissing the religionists off is inevitable, because almost anything you say destroys their delusions and beliefs and drags them kicking an screaming back into reality…

    What religionists also really hate…is reality. It scares the crap out of them

    • Robert

      Katherine, I disagree with your statement, I fall under the category as a “religionist” and reality doesn’t scare me nor do I run from it. I will gladly answer your two questions that seem to send “religionist” kicking and screaming.

      The version of God I listen to is that of the bible. It takes faith to believe it and to prove it, I would say a good research on biblical history will enlightened you. Though proving God is not a battle I have to fight, he has proven himself through Creation, though I assume you are a Darwin follower and even he was unsure through his research. I believe in intelligent design. Truth is like a lion, you don’t have to defend it. It defends itself. Reality is we live in a broken country and world. People need to know what to do with real suffering and pain. I bet if you were honest and could let your guard down you would see the void in your life and would want it filled with something, something that would last.

      • Just, No.

        Robert, the clichés about Creation and Darwin in your post are ridiculous, I’m sorry. No one “follows” Darwin- you know, because he’s a scientist who died a long time ago, and his findings and research are now shared by the scientific community. Atheists don’t need a “void in their life” to be filled by something they are explicitly against (i.e. “God”) Lastly, Darwin was in no way unsure of his research. I hope you weren’t planning on quoting something he said out of context and as a sentence fragment. That would have been even less original.

      • judy weismonger

        Yep, you are scared out of your gourd, simply because the selling point of your religion is a ‘guaranteed after life” in some kind of utopian world…if you get your ticket punched and believe in imaginary gods, Jesus and his big daddy god.
        The depth of your fear is obvious, because you feel you have to believe in some of the silliest religious crap that has ever been created out of the minds of the first Christian religionists. If, as its stated in the bible, that god is Jesus, and Jesus is god, then Jesus had sex with his mother to create himself. Now if you think any rational person would believe such silliness…and 1000 other really silly and fabricated stories in the bible (Sun revolves around the Earth; rabbits have cloven feet; the earth is flat and mountains hold it down like ten pegs; Herrod killed 1000s of baby boys, a Pharoah and his entire army are killed by Red Sea swallowing them up, and it just goes on and on and on.
        The most stupid of the fairy tales created by gentile Christians was that “Jews” would break and violate Jewish law and attend a trial, and demand the execution of another Jew on Passover. Only some forger who had NO knowledge of Jewish law would write such crap…and this is EXACTLY why Jews laugh at Christians. No Jew would be running around in the street demanding death and an execution on Passover, one of the high holy days of the Jews.)
        It would sort of OK for Christians to become honest and realistic and state something that goes like this. “Christianity and the bible are simply “guides” on how to live one’s life morally, especially if the individual picks and chooses what he or she believes in the bible. But NOOOOO, you Christians state that “god” wrote the bible, even if its flawed, filled with conflicts, outrageous historical fairy tales and down right silliness, and there is ZERO proof of anything the Christians claims is true in the bible.) This is why Christianity and its believers are morally corrupt, and down right delusional…and in the end…dangerous. If you want to see what bible verses you Christians could drag out of the bible and begin the practice of slavery, murder, mass genocide, and rape…all approved of by your imaginary god and Jesus, go to http://www.evilbible.com
        The New Testament is especially copied from other religions: Mithraism, Horus and Isis, Greek and Roman gods, and the Zoroastrians….there is not one single “original” concept in the bible…none. Not even Jesus’ birthday is original, but stolen from Mithraism, and Sol Invictus, i.e. 25th of December…or Winter Solstice…to give Jesus astrological credibility. Of course, because Christians are so morally corrupt and delusional, the true history of Christianity’s origins are NEVER taught in churches, Sunday school, or theological seminaries, because if it was….Christianity would not exist, except as a bizarre, arcane moment in history.

      • judy weismonger

        The more I read your apologetics, the more I realize what a bunch of liars you are. TRUTH is backed up by PROOF…and that is physical evidence. There is NOT a single court in the United States that you can walk into it, and demand that someone be convicted and sent to prison without PROOF…physical, observable PROOF and EVIDENCE.
        The reason why you reject the idea of proof is because you have NONE. Little kids might believe your crap and lies, but intelligent, educated adults know what a con artist is when they see one.
        Because you religionist liars HAVE NO PROOF then you disavow and deny that proof is not necessary and that, you, all by your self …and ONLY YOU can recognize the truth on its own without evidence. This means you are not accountable to anyone or anything, and that in your incredible narcissism, you have now qualified yourself as mentally ill. The Christian belief system describes exactly the processes involved in Paranoid Schizophrenia.
        Christian belief and apologetics i.e. Paranoid Schizophrenia describes a belief in which YOU as a Christian thinks the entire world revolves around you, and you are the ONLY arbiter what truth and reality is, and that anyone who disputes your demands you prove your claims…is bad.
        We are not fooled…. by your arrogance, your lies, or your mental illness.

      • Chuckster

        There are two distinct gods of the Bible. 1. Old testament, fire and brimstone, vengeful, and angry God, who keeps destroying people and civilizations because they strayed (Tower of Babel, The Great Flood) and the all loving, caring father of the New Testament. Read Numbers 31 and John 3: 16.

      • morgan

        Why be so condescending?
        How DARE you say that this person has a “void” in their life?
        Atheists DO NOT have a ‘void’ in their lives.
        Who the hell are you?
        REALITY/NATURE is the lion that needs no defense.
        You guys need “apologetics.” That’s why you’re always apologizing.
        No one “follows” Darwin. “Follows” is a religionist term because none of you can lead, so you follow.
        Atheists don’t follow.
        Take your subjective conceptualizations elsewhere.

    • panama

      There’s Only one version period. One God.
      Proof: On an atheist’s death bed.

      • Wes

        So fear = Justification for the belief in god? Why are you so scared panama? Reality too hard to handle?

        • Pastor Coale

          fear can mean a healthy respect for something, can’t it?

      • Capitalize names of nations.

        THAAR’S ONLY ONE TRUE LOOOHHRD! That’s what I got from that.

      • Judy Weismonger

        Well, Panama, you are just another Idiot speaking for Atheists, as if you know any of them and witnessed their conversion on their death bed. Go ahead, show up PROOF of any Atheists, or ALL Atheists Conversion on their Death Bed. I know that you cannot do it….
        So, the question becomes: Why do you Religionists and Believers lie? Its interesting that being religious is supposed to make you believers morally and ethically superior…but what we find instead, is that you, Panama and your fellow believers lie, and lie, and lie and lie. As a believer, it appears that you cannot tell fact from fiction, and anything you make up in your own mind…is real.
        Actually, you and your fellow Believer just sound insane.

        • panama

          No one is scared… like I said, there will come a day in everyone’s life when they, man or woman will confess with their mouth that there is but one God. What about your atheist partner Voltaire? How he died in torment…saying he “loved God” and didn’t want to go to hell! LOL, the day comes for everyone…even the the “fool that has said in his heart there is no God”. (KJV)

          • judy weismonger

            Is that the very best you can do Panama? Threaten people into being converted because they are going to die? That’s it?
            OK Panama….Where is hell? What’s the address? If you are going to threaten people with hell you should at least know where it is.
            And NO, hell is not in the middle of the earth….
            By the way, the concept of “hell” was added much later when the New Testament forgeries were being written…which took 800 years to complete. The KJV that you read today, was chosen in “gay” King James’ court in the 1560s…after lots of other Christian writings were thrown out. There are dozens and dozens of “versions” of the bible….and for you to quote the KJV is just silly.
            Know this: Every one of you Christians, past and present, only have YOUR version of god that you create out of your own imagination. When you read the bible, you are not moral or intelligent enough to demand proof of what’s in the bible…backed up by either physical archeological evidence for EVERY ONE of the bible’s claims…or corollary writings of the time.
            And worse, because Christianity teaches you to cherry pick your way through the bible, you then become blind to what’s actually in the bible…in which your imaginary god demands that you kill nonbelievers, rape women with god’s permission, and engage in slavery as one of god’s mandates. NO, these are not “interpretations” …the fraud and forgeries created in the old and new testament were political statements of what a believer in god could do to nonbelievers or different believers.
            It continually amazes me about how much Christians do not know about their bible, who wrote, it and why.

          • panama

            Aha..you still avoided to answer or comment about Volaire didn’t you? Just because many Christians raped and killed people…do you think that NO atheist ever did? Think again. And you are wrong about the concept of hell. Hell it mentioned further than the NT. Read the book Job (one of the older OT writings) for a understanding on it. You are also wrong about the KJV. The KJV is the best interpretation of scripture as yes others were thrown out because too many parts were changed. The KJV is as original as it gets. The Bible was written over a period of 1600 years, took 40 various men and has one author…God. I know…you can’t grasp that. You can never convince me there’s no God….I’ve experienced the miraculous as per science can never explicate. What does science say when one is stricken with a cancer and doctors give them 1 year to live, then prayer is made, faith and trust in God thus a divine healing…no more cancer years later still alive. What does science say when one is dead…you hear that…DEAD then a preacher prays and God raises that person up. All fake according to the atheist. Well you can’t convince those that experienced such things. Sounds like you live a shallow life void of any spiritual experiences. How sad. I’ll pray for you as you just don’t know any better. God winks at your ignorance.

          • Jyotishka Misra

            What about all the other cancer patients who pray and die despite being devout?

            Human understanding of the world is incomplete. That is why scientists are hard at work researching the intricacies of the universe.

            Part of it is understanding cancer and how it affects humans. All the secrets of the medical sciences have not yet been discovered and you still choose to make it sound as if a single statistical anomaly is a good enough reason for everyone to stop working and abandon cancer treatment research entirely.

            Your statement “You can never convince me there’s no God” speaks volumes of your philosophical inflexibility. As an atheist like so many others, we seek only evidence. Invoking non-existent beings of extreme power are not our forte. Instead we dabble in truth and practice healthy skepticism. If the evidence is present, we will have no problem changing our beliefs.

            Atheism is and forever will be rooted in reality.

          • Chuckster

            Voltaire? That’s what you have. Give some certified numbers here.

          • Josephus Isn’t Good Enough

            “there will come a day in everyone’s life when they, man or woman will confess with their mouth that there is but one God.” So will a native of Papua New Guinea who has never met a Christian or seen a bible do this very thing? Probably not. That statement is pure rubbish.

    • Goldstein’s Son

      I pity atheists, but I don’t hate them.

      But they get a reaction when they keep telling us belief is a delusion, that we poison everything, that we are the root of all evil, etc.

      And we know they would kill us if they had the chance.

      After all, it has happened many times before.

      • Atheist

        Ha, ha. What about all the atheists that were killed during the Dark Ages by Christian bigots.
        You have a right to believe whatever you like, but no right to force us into your way of life, or even pity us for that matter. Unfortunately, this is something many atheists also do not understand.

  • Robert

    To label all people who have faith in something “religionist” is unfair and unjust in this article. We have these so called “privileges” based on freedoms established. Just like “atheist americans” have the right to speak out and often bash the “religionist” We have the freedom to live and serve who we please. Our nation was once predominately Christian, not so much anymore, but if we were angry or hated freedoms we would have shoved Christianity down the the throats of others. Now, though Christians are not perfect we simply practiced Christianity in front of everyone, those who didn’t/do not like it have freedom to choose.

    My disagreement will always be that american atheist say is there is no absolute truth, but that statement is an absolute truth. So what if Christian absolute truth says that truth, american atheist believe has to be a lie.

    • Brian Westley


      Christians DID. Official school prayers, constitutions prohibiting atheists from public office, etc.

      • judy weismonger

        But, that is the history of Christianity….before the Founders of the US REMOVED all religious laws in the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and American Juris Prudence…..Christians murdered, tortured, and robbed millions using more than 1000 bible verses that state to “kill” nonbelievers, or different believers.
        Can anyone just imagine what horrible bible verses would be pulled out and used, to once again murder and oppress human beings in the name of god, if you Christians ever control the US Government? I fear that 1000 times more than I fear the idea of an imaginary god or hell.
        The interesting thing about you Xians is that you have not a clue what’s in your own bible….and how dangerous you Christians are. You are dangerous because the Christianity you preach is one of love and tolerance, even going so far as to claim that Democracy came from Christianity. I continue to offer a reward of $10,000 for any Christian to find one single bible verses that mentions “democracy” or even describes anything like “democracy.”
        What the bible demands in the name of god is that people obey “kings” even if they are as cruel as Caligula, in Paul’s sermon on the “divine right of kings.” Paul says that god “chooses” the world’s leaders, so we cannot rebel against evil tyrants, but simply “pray” and hope that god is going to give us a better tyrant for human beings to live under. Paul also states “three times” to “pay your taxes”…even if the taxes are unfair, and support a despot. And so now you want human beings, who value their own lives, freedom, and dignity…to obey tyrants, dictators, liars, because your imaginary god “chose” them?
        You are corrupt, without morals, and you are insane. Wanna see what’s in the bible, go to http://www.evilbible.com... and learn what’s really in your bible.

    • Judy Weismonger

      A religionist is a person who lives in a delusional mind state, who has no sense of reality, has corrupted morals and bizarre, and non existent ethics, who believes that other human beings should obey imaginary gods and divine thingies…simply because you have delusions and hallucinations.
      A religionist, is just a liar….who first lies to themselves, and then promotes that lie of divine thingies …without a shred of proof that there are divine thingies, miracles, cures, or that religion has any benefit at all. In fact, the dumber and less intelligent one is, the more religious they are.
      95% of 30,000 scientist members of the National Academy of Science stated in a survey they were ATheists. The rest, 5% were either Buddhists, Zoroastrians, or Agnostic. There is no justifiable reason for anyone to submit or subject themselves to your delusional fears and become enthralled with religion. None.
      Religionists are basically cowards, liars, and sloppy, lazy thinkers who do not have the brains or the ethics to do the actual research to find Proof of a god or gods. We’ve got your number, and the more religionists continue to expose what’s in their minds, the more we find out how corrupt, evil, silly, and insane you religionists sound.

      • scott sand

        Judy Weismonkey is about the stupidest one among them here.
        Claiming that Christians are solely responsible for all that bloodly havac in history. Even I’m not a christian but surely don’t that rubbish.

  • Ryan Sample

    By showing the holes in their arguments for God they are usually using to distort EDUCATION, of all things, they lost their leverage, which is part of their lives, meaning that showing the holes in their arguments threatens their very lifestyles.

  • AnIntelligentTheist

    I am not scared of anything. Throw you ignorant questions at me, I’ll answer them, and then you will actually have to do some personal thinking instead of having your opinions spoon-fed to you by AA. Ask your silly questions away. Im waiting….

    • Real

      It’s ok God gave us free will. God does not force people to believe in him. It’s your choice . Therefore there is no argument. I’m sure that at some point someone has told you God loves you . I’m sure at some point someone has said we are all rotten people every last one of us therefore he sent Jesus to bridge the gap between us and God , as long as someone has told you that it is your God given freedom to accept it or reject it. There is no argument . Anyone who argues with you or who provokes you to get angry has missed the whole point themselves of what they are trying to share with you .

  • Will Landers

    I’m just confused why atheists really care why religious beliefs are seen in public ,schools etc. I just don’t understand why they care any lest bit whatsoever. So atheists believe in nothing , that we will rot in the ground when we die, fine. However are they scared that they may be duped my someone into believing in some religious being or afterlife? Best case you obtain that great afterlife you were duped into believing or you rot in the ground which coincides with atheist beliefs. I don’t see why atheists try to be activists about theory belief of not believing. Christianity however says to go forth and witness to others. How can this really shake up an atheist? Will they be forced to believe anything ? No. If they do they may benefit from something better than being maggot feed which is what they believe. So quit with the whole church and state and just admit that most bit all atheists are just sad at the fact they feel they will be nothing more than a corpse and want to impose their non belief on others

    • FallacySniped

      Um… atheists don’t ‘believe’ anything, not by definition. The definition of ‘atheist’ is to lack belief in the existence of any gods. You’re basically saying that everyone who is an atheist – which, in this case, includes every religion that denies a deity but believes in an afterlife, only one step away from most tribal religions – believes that an afterlife, reincarnation, and all the rest are nonexistent.

  • Passive atheist

    Before I came to this site I didn’t understand why religionists and atheists are at each others throats… now I see that theres always gonna be that ONE guy/girl that starts the arguement. I’m bloody sick of it! The atheist that reinforces atheist stereotypes does a great disservice to us all. As an atheist myself I do NOT deny you your gods I do NOT deny you your book all I ask is for you to allow me to live in peace free of the words of ONE bad apple.. thank-you for reading my opinion

  • Andee

    I’m a dedicated Christian, love God with all my heart. That being said, I want every atheist out there to know I do not hate you. I would never, in my life, hate you for being an atheist. Do I wish you were Christian, of course, it’s nice to have others who think like you, but never in my life would I hate you. You’re worth caring about. I’d give my life for an atheist if in a dire situation because I know I’m going to Heaven after death and fear for those not saved. Granted, I know that doesn’t make sense to atheist since they don’t think we go any where after death but hopefully you get my point. Hopefully my comment doesn’t get sneered at by to many and is helpful to those who are looking for evidence of kindness in others who aren’t atheist.

    • Heathen

      I’m an atheist, but it doesn’t really define my character. I believe people of faith/no faith can think alike and never mention personal beliefs. However, I don’t dwell upon the concept of heaven because I think it is pure narcissism. It is divisive in its very nature. You believe you are a superior human being because of your faith and believe you’re going to a special place when you die. I think the devout should understand humility before lecturing others, in my opinion.

  • dino

    is so funny when Atheists say “why are you scared to accept reality” they claim there isno God yet they cant prove it. it truly requires a fool to not Believe in God and see that an Almighty Being cant be reduced to “physical evidence” Thats not how things are. You cannot prove a Supernatural Being with earthly defective and Human based inventions that are unreliable like claiming “you come from apes” without a single shred of evidence. Thats why “atheists” or their correct name Agnostics grow on people nerves because they mock Jesus and make everything on their power to offend God or their people. Why?

    Simple they know God is real and they HATE him. They Hate us because we have been freed from the lies spitted out of their filthy mouths. So tired of they claiming they have evidence for “evolution” when they DO NOT have it. Show us a an ape evolving. Wait… You cant. Hence Evolution is a Myth and a Religion cause its based on rules and a set of Beliefs. You believe there is no God but you cant prove it.

    We do not need to prove God, Since is logical that an Almighty Being living on a Different Dimension cant be proved by any methods currently available because He is Supernatural. Yet while they do (agnostis) do their worst to sue Lightpoles and anything that looks or dare Speak Or resemble the name of God or Jesus. So tired of their failed argument if you cant prove it it doesnt exist. LIES. Thats the lie they say everyday to live without fear of consequences. Cause in reality they are wicked and filled with dirth and are the lowest forms of humans around.

    They always use ADhonimens and are fighting a War they cant win, for more than 6000 years “Atheists” have killed and persecuted Christians, Mocked us, and even tried to stop our rights and try to turn this nation unto a Godless nation with no values, no morals and without a sense of purpose. “Atheists” have no purpose in life since to have purpose in Life you must have Jesus in it.

    Our Biggest Proof is our Lifes Changes, Our testimonies which by the way when there is no “Physical Proof” a Testimony is accepted in a court of law unlike certain “atheists” try to make you believe. In fact our system is based on testimonies not just proof. As a Testimony IS PROOF!.

    But yeah keep trying to erradicate Hope for humanity you are fighting a lost cause cause if in 6000 years you have not been able to win you wont win the war now. Cause the real evil in the world is you. The wars, The hungers, etc all the bad things that happen is cause of rebellion cause people do not want to submit to God Authority.

    Let your filth pop! Let the call names begin. Keep running from the reality that There is a God and if you do not repent you will burn for eternity in a Lake of Fire not because God is evil but because YOU ARE EVIL, YOU CHOOSE TO BELIEVE IN FALLACIES like “Evolution”.. btw dont give me “its proven” shit cause its not. Show me an APE EVOLVING. SHOW ME AN ACTUAL CHANGE OF KINDS. yes, The dreaded word and hated by atheists because it destroys their arguments, their fallacies. And lol @disqus_o1crG4KAvJ:disqus…. Poke Giant Holes? There is NO HOLE in the bible. the only “holes” are in your weak, and wicked mind.

    There is no morality outside of God and Jesus. PERIOD.

    • Cthulhu21
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    • Seamus

      Let me make a list of why your argument is invalid
      * most atheists are, not, in fact, evil, but nice everyday people
      *atheists have not been killing Christians for 6000 years, as Christianity is fewer than 2000 years old
      *I cannot prove that evolution exists, but you cannot disprove it
      *a testimony is not proof, a testimony is when they take your word for something and hope you aren’t a liar
      *Stalin was not a Chinese emperor, he was the president of the USSR
      *there is morality outside of God and Jesus, Buddhists and many other religions are based solely on morality and doing good as are many atheists’ moral beliefs
      *atheists do have a purpose in life, Leonardo DaVinci and many other important people are atheists
      *95% of the worlds people are not atheists, but only 1 seventh of the world is christian, so Christianity is not the majority either (Buddhism is)
      *you do not KNOW God is real, that is the point of faith. You hope he is real, so you do good so that you don’t go to hell, which you also take on faith
      *God has killed more people in the old testament than Hitler, Stalin and Osama bin Laden combined
      *If God is so great, why does he let shit like 9/11 happen? Why didn’t he just smite the terrorists?

      But why am I even wasting my time? You’re just going to call me a liar and a blasphemer and shout to the heavens “THE HAND OF THE ALMIGHTY SHALL SMITE YOU!”

      But I’m used to it, I live in the deep south after all

    • Heathen

      Such anger, sarcasm and confusion in one comment. It’s quite amusing.

      Look, dude, our default setting as human beings doesn’t include an innate belief in a higher power. That concept *always* has to be introduced. Thus it is up to the BELIEVER, who is attempting to brainwash and indoctrinate the gullible, to PROVE beyond a reasonable doubt, that the higher power exists. Why must *I* have to prove the existence of a concept that is not innate to our human reality? What you require from non-believers is unreasonable.

      Further, If I choose to reject the believer’s ‘evidence,’ it doesn’t mean I ‘hate’ the higher power the believer is trying to convince me exist. That’s just logic that a completely ignorant person would use, and I sincerely hope you’re not a ignorant person. That’s really all there is to it.

      “Show us a an ape evolving. Wait… You cant.”

      Show me your ‘god.’ Wait… You can’t. See, we could play this pointless game of semantics all day long, but I have better things to do than try to reason with the willfully obtuse. You don’t believe in evolution. Fine. I’m not particularly interested in trying to convince you (survival of the fittest) it exists. Your own personal confirmation bias is only of interest to one person, and that’s you.

      Here’s the brass tacks: you believe your faith makes you superior to others. Great, believe what you want. I simply tend to completely disagree with your opinion. There’s a common term I use for people with similar opinions to yours. I call them assholes. At the end of the day, nothing is proven and neither of us gains any new insight. I don’t particularly care about your ego either, so save your outrage.

      Your claims of Christian persecution are totally baseless. You are the majority in America, and as a majority you can’t claim persecution and expect anyone to take you seriously. Again, these are things that ignorant people say. I’m sorry if this offends you.

      You believe you a moral crusader. I think you are laughable and weak. Good luck with that

    • sunny0001

      I wish we had the supposed freedom to believe what we wished. All this creates is an attack on both sides. I am an atheist and I respect those with religious faith. You must understand that I don’t hate your god or any other god, I just don’t believe in god. Atheists aren’t bad or satanic, they’re just people just like you and me. The big thing humanity struggles to overcome is that people are different. It isn’t just religion, but other things, like gender or race. We’re all just people in the end. Atheists may not believe in god, but they have morals just like theists. I’m not asking anyone to convert, but just to maintain peace between sides. Raging is not helping anything and I’m sure that if there really is a god, whoever he/she is, they would not like all of this anger. I’m sorry that atheists have extremists that like to argue just like any religion. What you should get out of this is: it’s okay to debate or pray or whatever you wish, but please respect our beliefs.

  • Amari Daughton

    Err…why are religionists trying to argue against the views of atheists on an atheist website…called atheists.org ? People like to argue (I mean debate, sorry) I guess. Although I do feel kinda silly now, as I am a very spiritually minded person posting a comment on here XD Alot of people hate those that are different from themselves and even more refuse to try to understand. How a person chooses to understand the universe is completely up to them and them alone. Dont get pissed if they disagree. It does sadden me when someone says their atheist and some stranger glares or rolls their eyes. Dont get mad, be happy there’s a person intelligent and independent enough to think for themself.

  • Amari Daughton

    Also, a liar is a liar only if they know the truth. In the comments, there is a lot of anger behind your words, but ofcourse most of this is the result of other peoples’ angry words. Another thing, sometimes logic, not necessarily evidence, can make great points in regards to religion. Abrahamic religions arent very old..and there were who knows how many people here living and gone well before then. If you do believe in the one called Yaweh or Jahovah or Allah or Whatever, would you really insult him/it by saying that all those peeps didnt go to heaven? Thats kinda wasteful and for something to love cycles so much, thats a bit weird, is it not? One more thing, for the christians that believe.in the rapture, keep in mind that you have to be dead to get to heaven. Fearing death is silly, just hope you dont get murdered.

  • Hanjab Sanji

    Perhaps when you are an anti-religious hate group then people will hate you, its common sense.

    • Heathen

      “anti-religious hate group”


  • Guest

    To me if a person claiming to be a Christian is very judgmental towards Atheist or other religions they are not really filling a role as a Christian. Now I am a believer of Jesus Christ & in my religion my job is to share about Christ. I never want to push someone into, but if your completely set in your belief then I’m probably not going to change your mind much. I will not judge Atheists for who they are. I will believe what I want & I expect the same from others. Because in the end I’m not the intimate judge…

  • Suzanna Lytle

    we will all find out who was right eventually here is the difference if Christians are wrong atheist with cease to exist as will Christians BUT if Christians are RIGHT atheist will spend and eternity in a fiery hell while Christians walk on streets of gold and enjoy a new heaven and a new earth.seems a bit dammed if you do dammed if you don’t for the Atheist.seems being a Christians increases your odds by 50% of something beyond this overpopulated hell hole we all live in now.

    • DDD

      I’m gonna have to correct you there. Being a Christian doesn’t increase my odds by 50%. If anything, the odds don’t change much because of all the gods that exist out there. Even if I were to believe and become a Christian, I still have to deal with the fact that there are different types of Christians, ranging from mormons to catholics, and even the extreme beliefs of small christian sects in the United States who all believe that worshiping god must be done a certain way.

  • tyler

    This is something that really just annoys me. Whenever I am debating with a christian about religion and god I ask them to prove it and this is what they do: they start giving me bible verses that make no sense whatsoever, they say the bible is proof of their god, when clearly its not because if a book is the proof of god where is the proof to support that? There is none, but they go in and on about the proif of god. I told a christian I knew to try and prove the existence of their god who had sex with his own mother to somehow create himself, so he told me that he has never seen anything on Netflix or Hulu that says god isn’t real… So apparently if not the bible, their bull shit or what they call “truth” comes from Netflix and Hulu. If they want to actually learn the truth they should maybe read a book other than the bible or one that promotes their religion, because that’s all they do, they hate curse or destroy anything that proves their bull shit wrong.

  • Guest

    Am I the only one that finds it funny when a Darwin-supporter/adamant evolution-believer says “TRUTH is backed up by PROOF”? It’s like they think that Darwinian evolution has been proven. If you don’t consider yourself to have blind faith in Darwin’s Evolution, or what some scientists and teachers have taught you, then you’ll consider investigating the following:

    1. Irreducible Complexity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaVoGfSSSV8

    2. Trying to apply the scientific method to Darwinian Evolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiJdfCiWo4I

    3. DNA contains information. Information has always had a designer/creator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yNju1_-CMk

    I was a blind-faith atheist for 25 years. Keyword: WAS.

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    (Sorry I’m not sure why one was posted as a guest, as I was logged in when I posted this. Please disregard the other one, as it was not my intention to create a duplicate or spam.)

  • Man

    The only liars are the atheist. You lie to yourself. You can’t accept that there are things humans just can’t and won’t ever understand. You can’t accept it! It burns you up, infuriates you, drives you mad. The thought of not being able to explain things by human means. It runs down to selfishness, you want to do everything yourself. If you or someone else can’t explain something it must not be real right? Then I guess by that logic reality isn’t real. You can’t explain how everything came to be and no other non-religious person can either so I guess this post isn’t real. You don’t exist and neither do I. Big bang? Howd the explosion happen? What caused whatever caused the explosion? You can’t answer that. Does that burn you up? Some things humans will never understand, and until you understand that you won’t know truth.

  • Mike

    Also, you have a sobriety program designed especially for you. I decided to express my beliefs in AA by replacing the word “God” with the word “something” when I was asked to read something. Later, I was verbally attacked by a Christian. My experiment proved my point. Atheists are not welcome there.

  • Kaitlynn

    One thing I hate is discrimination towards us.I am actually a teen and am a person of science.I have found out people prefer to rank atheists in lower class and I even had friends who did so to me.We shouldn’t be considered lower ranking for not being religious.I honestly think we are smarter than the religious people since we accept and know the fact that there isn’t a ‘god’ or creator.I respect people’s views and think more people should respect ours.Nine states prohibit atheists from taking office,this is just ridiculous.

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