Atheists why do you all hate Christians?

[Ramsetia]

I got pushed over a balcony at school because I didn't want to participate in religious studies. By a mob of Christians.

Broke my arm and leg, but survived otherwise intact.

All I said before was
"Look, I don't believe in god, I don't see the bible as anything more than the telling of a myth. Can I please leave the class, because if I stay, I'm just going to be wasting time I could use to be studying I find important."

I was polite as could be about it, too, stressed the fact I didn't look down on their religion, nor did I care about what they wanted to believe. Teacher let me out, and a bunch of over-zealous fucksticks pushed me over the 1st floor balcony on my way out. Funny thing, they were rewarded by the school chaplain, and the school nurse gave me a sling and splint, and wouldn't let me go home. I needed three weeks on my ass before I could walk again (albeit on crutches, with a cast). and eight in a cast before I could use my arm.

I hate that kind of Christian. The 'You don't believe what we believe, so we're gonna mess you up' kind. Don't worry, I hate the same kind of people from other religions, too. Any fanatic Evangelist of any religion at all.

Leave religion, or lack thereof, as a personal thing, and don't try and force it on anyone, and we'll get along just fine.

[The Amazing Wasteland]

I got pushed over a balcony at school because I didn't want to participate in religious studies. By a mob of Christians.

Broke my arm and leg, but survived otherwise intact.

All I said before was
"Look, I don't believe in god, I don't see the bible as anything more than the telling of a myth. Can I please leave the class, because if I stay, I'm just going to be wasting time I could use to be studying I find important."

I was polite as could be about it, too, stressed the fact I didn't look down on their religion, nor did I care about what they wanted to believe. Teacher let me out, and a bunch of over-zealous fucksticks pushed me over the 1st floor balcony on my way out. Funny thing, they were rewarded by the school chaplain, and the school nurse gave me a sling and splint, and wouldn't let me go home. I needed three weeks on my ass before I could walk again (albeit on crutches, with a cast). and eight in a cast before I could use my arm.

I hate that kind of Christian. The 'You don't believe what we believe, so we're gonna mess you up' kind. Don't worry, I hate the same kind of people from other religions, too. Any fanatic Evangelist of any religion at all.

Leave religion, or lack thereof, as a personal thing, and don't try and force it on anyone, and we'll get along just fine.

They just wanted to speed along your inevitable realization that God does in fact exist *sarcasm*.

[Katganistan]

I got pushed over a balcony at school because I didn't want to participate in religious studies. By a mob of Christians.

Broke my arm and leg, but survived otherwise intact.

All I said before was
"Look, I don't believe in god, I don't see the bible as anything more than the telling of a myth. Can I please leave the class, because if I stay, I'm just going to be wasting time I could use to be studying I find important."

I was polite as could be about it, too, stressed the fact I didn't look down on their religion, nor did I care about what they wanted to believe. Teacher let me out, and a bunch of over-zealous fucksticks pushed me over the 1st floor balcony on my way out. Funny thing, they were rewarded by the school chaplain, and the school nurse gave me a sling and splint, and wouldn't let me go home. I needed three weeks on my ass before I could walk again (albeit on crutches, with a cast). and eight in a cast before I could use my arm.

I hate that kind of Christian. The 'You don't believe what we believe, so we're gonna mess you up' kind. Don't worry, I hate the same kind of people from other religions, too. Any fanatic Evangelist of any religion at all.

Leave religion, or lack thereof, as a personal thing, and don't try and force it on anyone, and we'll get along just fine.

Did you press charges for assault?

[Courtsland]

He should have now that was just wrong. I dislike those type of people. Youwere respectful, they were disrespectful. They were not true christans.

[Ramsetia]

I got pushed over a balcony at school because I didn't want to participate in religious studies. By a mob of Christians.

Broke my arm and leg, but survived otherwise intact.

All I said before was
"Look, I don't believe in god, I don't see the bible as anything more than the telling of a myth. Can I please leave the class, because if I stay, I'm just going to be wasting time I could use to be studying I find important."

I was polite as could be about it, too, stressed the fact I didn't look down on their religion, nor did I care about what they wanted to believe. Teacher let me out, and a bunch of over-zealous fucksticks pushed me over the 1st floor balcony on my way out. Funny thing, they were rewarded by the school chaplain, and the school nurse gave me a sling and splint, and wouldn't let me go home. I needed three weeks on my ass before I could walk again (albeit on crutches, with a cast). and eight in a cast before I could use my arm.

I hate that kind of Christian. The 'You don't believe what we believe, so we're gonna mess you up' kind. Don't worry, I hate the same kind of people from other religions, too. Any fanatic Evangelist of any religion at all.

Leave religion, or lack thereof, as a personal thing, and don't try and force it on anyone, and we'll get along just fine.

Did you press charges for assault?

My parent did. And I got expelled for the trouble. Fun times.

[Courtsland]

You got expelled now that was just wrong. I am a christian and I say that was suppperrr nnnooottt christian! That was unjust. Jesus would not have been happy with that. It shows you that some people profess something they are not, many people are hypocrites. Nit saying we all dont have our problems but what they did was totally hypocritical!

[Herminia]

Other than the fact that they believe in God. What are other reasons why you hate them? Utimatly you are falling into what the bible says in John 15:18-19. 18"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you."

You all may not believe it but, by your hatred, and bashing of my God you are actually fitting into what was written in the word.

So tell me why do you hate christians?

Maybe it's because Atheists are jerks, or something.

[Spetsnazastan]

Quick question - why, when someone says he/she is an atheist, is it automatically assumed that this only applies to the Abrahamic religions? And why is it that only the Christians seem to be upset about it? I don't see neo-Pagans, Wiccans, Satanists, Shintoists, Animists or any of a thousand other religions getting upset. It's only the Abrahamic types - and most especially the Christians (and of those, most especially the Evangelicals) who seem to be upset about it.

My Agnostic/Atheism doesn't bother my Pagan friends and they don't automatically assume that I hate them because of my lack of belief. Neither does it bother my Hindu friends, my Sikh friends, my Buddhist friends (though to be fair, strict Buddhism is not deity-centered) or any of my other friends - believing or non-believing. Only the Christians think that my lack of belief means I must hate them, and even then it's only some Christians.

Please see the OP.

I once had a discussion with a co-worker who was furiously upset because her younger brother had converted to Islam and had, therefore, become an atheist. When I pointed out to her that Allah was just the Arab word for God, she thought for a bit (I'll give her that, she did take a few minutes to think about it) and said "but it's not the Christian God, so he's an atheist".

Wow that's a huge fail on her part, since Islam is a religion and atheists are against all forms of religion. That just shows how dumb some (Americans I'm guessing?) are, and how mindless Christian indoctrination is.

Be fair. Mainstream Christians might have been upset at his conversion to Islam, but they would never have questioned his belief in a deity. And most Americans are not stupid, you just here more about the stupid ones.

Ok, you're right, but since I am an American I think I can vouch for how stupid some of my peers are, since one girl who is actually good at Spanish and English asked me seriously if Stalin was a "holocaust person".

[Meoton]

Yep.
Depends on the Christian.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35262608/ns/world_news-haiti_earthquake/

I don't like the ones that simply do this
"Their missions vary. Some are there exclusively to evangelize and “plant churches.” Indeed, even small villages in Haiti will sometimes have six or seven churches built by missionaries of different denominations. "

I like the ones that do this
"Others prefer to convey their faith though deeds rather than words: digging wells, filling teeth or teaching soil conservation, for instance. "

Of course, I'm an Agnostic/Deist, not an Atheist. So, I can't speak for them or even one of them. Nor can I speak for other Agnostics or Deists or Agnostic Deists.

All hail the Great Uncertainty!!!

[Imsogone]

Quick question - why, when someone says he/she is an atheist, is it automatically assumed that this only applies to the Abrahamic religions? And why is it that only the Christians seem to be upset about it? I don't see neo-Pagans, Wiccans, Satanists, Shintoists, Animists or any of a thousand other religions getting upset. It's only the Abrahamic types - and most especially the Christians (and of those, most especially the Evangelicals) who seem to be upset about it.

My Agnostic/Atheism doesn't bother my Pagan friends and they don't automatically assume that I hate them because of my lack of belief. Neither does it bother my Hindu friends, my Sikh friends, my Buddhist friends (though to be fair, strict Buddhism is not deity-centered) or any of my other friends - believing or non-believing. Only the Christians think that my lack of belief means I must hate them, and even then it's only some Christians.

Please see the OP.

I once had a discussion with a co-worker who was furiously upset because her younger brother had converted to Islam and had, therefore, become an atheist. When I pointed out to her that Allah was just the Arab word for God, she thought for a bit (I'll give her that, she did take a few minutes to think about it) and said "but it's not the Christian God, so he's an atheist".

Then she was mistaken. Clearly, an adherent to a religion that believes in a god can not, by definition, be an atheist.

She certainly doesn't represent all Christians.

I would have to say that the notion of calling people whose religion differs from yours atheists doesn't originate in the modern era. Romans referred to Jews and Christians as atheists because they only worshipped one deity as opposed to a whole pantheon. They (the Romans) found it incomprehensible that they (the Jews and Christians) could think that one deity was sufficient to cover all the bases.

[Ramsetia]

You got expelled now that was just wrong. I am a christian and I say that was suppperrr nnnooottt christian! That was unjust. Jesus would not have been happy with that. It shows you that some people profess something they are not, many people are hypocrites. Nit saying we all dont have our problems but what they did was totally hypocritical!

You do realise that the [ b ], [ i ], and [ u ] tags are more easily-read ways to provide emphasis, right?

Aside from that, yeah. It was hypocritical. I never said that I would lump just anyone in with the crowd that did it to me, though.

[Imsogone]

Quick question - why, when someone says he/she is an atheist, is it automatically assumed that this only applies to the Abrahamic religions? And why is it that only the Christians seem to be upset about it? I don't see neo-Pagans, Wiccans, Satanists, Shintoists, Animists or any of a thousand other religions getting upset. It's only the Abrahamic types - and most especially the Christians (and of those, most especially the Evangelicals) who seem to be upset about it.

My Agnostic/Atheism doesn't bother my Pagan friends and they don't automatically assume that I hate them because of my lack of belief. Neither does it bother my Hindu friends, my Sikh friends, my Buddhist friends (though to be fair, strict Buddhism is not deity-centered) or any of my other friends - believing or non-believing. Only the Christians think that my lack of belief means I must hate them, and even then it's only some Christians.

Please see the OP.

I once had a discussion with a co-worker who was furiously upset because her younger brother had converted to Islam and had, therefore, become an atheist. When I pointed out to her that Allah was just the Arab word for God, she thought for a bit (I'll give her that, she did take a few minutes to think about it) and said "but it's not the Christian God, so he's an atheist".

Wow that's a huge fail on her part, since Islam is a religion and atheists are against all forms of religion. That just shows how dumb some (Americans I'm guessing?) are, and how mindless Christian indoctrination is.

Be fair. Mainstream Christians might have been upset at his conversion to Islam, but they would never have questioned his belief in a deity. And most Americans are not stupid, you just here more about the stupid ones.

Ok, you're right, but since I am an American I think I can vouch for how stupid some of my peers are, since one girl who is actually good at Spanish and English asked me seriously if Stalin was a "holocaust person".

Stupidity and ignorance are not synonymous, unless, of course, the person chooses to remain ignorant in the face of opportunities to become informed.

[Meoton]

"Wow that's a huge fail on her part, since Islam is a religion and atheists are against all forms of religion. That just shows how dumb some (Americans I'm guessing?) are, and how mindless Christian indoctrination is." -by Spetsnazastan

Actually, you fail too.
Atheists aren't required to be against religion, they are simply required not to believe in a god, gods, or supernatural entities with or without grand designs, plans, or fates.

[Spetsnazastan]

You got expelled now that was just wrong. I am a christian and I say that was suppperrr nnnooottt christian! That was unjust. Jesus would not have been happy with that. It shows you that some people profess something they are not, many people are hypocrites. Nit saying we all dont have our problems but what they did was totally hypocritical!

You do realise that the [ b ], [ i ], and [ u ] tags are more easily-read ways to provide emphasis, right?

Aside from that, yeah. It was hypocritical. I never said that I would lump just anyone in with the crowd that did it to me, though.

Doesn't sound like the kind of school you would want to attend anyway.

[Spetsnazastan]

"Wow that's a huge fail on her part, since Islam is a religion and atheists are against all forms of religion. That just shows how dumb some (Americans I'm guessing?) are, and how mindless Christian indoctrination is." -by Spetsnazastan

Actually, you fail too.
Atheists aren't required to be against religion, they are simply required not to believe in a god, gods, or supernatural entities with or without grand designs, plans, or fates.

Well I meant that by against, they didn't believe in it. I know that most atheists are fine with others having private religion, just that they personally opposed the concept of divine creation etc.

[Katganistan]

I got pushed over a balcony at school because I didn't want to participate in religious studies. By a mob of Christians.

Broke my arm and leg, but survived otherwise intact.

All I said before was
"Look, I don't believe in god, I don't see the bible as anything more than the telling of a myth. Can I please leave the class, because if I stay, I'm just going to be wasting time I could use to be studying I find important."

I was polite as could be about it, too, stressed the fact I didn't look down on their religion, nor did I care about what they wanted to believe. Teacher let me out, and a bunch of over-zealous fucksticks pushed me over the 1st floor balcony on my way out. Funny thing, they were rewarded by the school chaplain, and the school nurse gave me a sling and splint, and wouldn't let me go home. I needed three weeks on my ass before I could walk again (albeit on crutches, with a cast). and eight in a cast before I could use my arm.

I hate that kind of Christian. The 'You don't believe what we believe, so we're gonna mess you up' kind. Don't worry, I hate the same kind of people from other religions, too. Any fanatic Evangelist of any religion at all.

Leave religion, or lack thereof, as a personal thing, and don't try and force it on anyone, and we'll get along just fine.

Did you press charges for assault?

My parent did. And I got expelled for the trouble. Fun times.

Were they arrested?
Did your parents sue the school?

[Ramsetia]

I got pushed over a balcony at school because I didn't want to participate in religious studies. By a mob of Christians.

Broke my arm and leg, but survived otherwise intact.

All I said before was
"Look, I don't believe in god, I don't see the bible as anything more than the telling of a myth. Can I please leave the class, because if I stay, I'm just going to be wasting time I could use to be studying I find important."

I was polite as could be about it, too, stressed the fact I didn't look down on their religion, nor did I care about what they wanted to believe. Teacher let me out, and a bunch of over-zealous fucksticks pushed me over the 1st floor balcony on my way out. Funny thing, they were rewarded by the school chaplain, and the school nurse gave me a sling and splint, and wouldn't let me go home. I needed three weeks on my ass before I could walk again (albeit on crutches, with a cast). and eight in a cast before I could use my arm.

I hate that kind of Christian. The 'You don't believe what we believe, so we're gonna mess you up' kind. Don't worry, I hate the same kind of people from other religions, too. Any fanatic Evangelist of any religion at all.

Leave religion, or lack thereof, as a personal thing, and don't try and force it on anyone, and we'll get along just fine.

Did you press charges for assault?

My parent did. And I got expelled for the trouble. Fun times.

Were they arrested?
Did your parents sue the school?

You know murphy's golden rule?

here...'The one with the Gold makes the Rules.'

It's a private school. They had money, the children's parents had money. They paid the system to ignore it.

[Zyonn]

I don't hate Christians but I will admit a bias against religion (count me among those who had traumatic experiences with religious brainwashing as a kid). I've had to teach myself tolerance for faith, and thanks to some decent, non-aggressive Christians and Muslims I've gone from disdain to disagreement but respect.

Lots of respect to religious people who will answer my questions about their beliefs without getting offended or preachy. I'll never believe that stuff but understanding what they're talking about and why they think the way they do has made me a much more tolerant person. That probably works for other things, too.

[Meoton]

"Wow that's a huge fail on her part, since Islam is a religion and atheists are against all forms of religion. That just shows how dumb some (Americans I'm guessing?) are, and how mindless Christian indoctrination is." -by Spetsnazastan

Actually, you fail too.
Atheists aren't required to be against religion, they are simply required not to believe in a god, gods, or supernatural entities with or without grand designs, plans, or fates.

Well I meant that by against, they didn't believe in it. I know that most atheists are fine with others having private religion, just that they personally opposed the concept of divine creation etc.

Yeah, I figured. But a few mischosen words give zealots ammunition to say they are being persecuted for being Christian or whatever by The Secular Agenda and whatnot.

[Arumdaum]

I got pushed over a balcony at school because I didn't want to participate in religious studies. By a mob of Christians.

Broke my arm and leg, but survived otherwise intact.

All I said before was
"Look, I don't believe in god, I don't see the bible as anything more than the telling of a myth. Can I please leave the class, because if I stay, I'm just going to be wasting time I could use to be studying I find important."

I was polite as could be about it, too, stressed the fact I didn't look down on their religion, nor did I care about what they wanted to believe. Teacher let me out, and a bunch of over-zealous fucksticks pushed me over the 1st floor balcony on my way out. Funny thing, they were rewarded by the school chaplain, and the school nurse gave me a sling and splint, and wouldn't let me go home. I needed three weeks on my ass before I could walk again (albeit on crutches, with a cast). and eight in a cast before I could use my arm.

I hate that kind of Christian. The 'You don't believe what we believe, so we're gonna mess you up' kind. Don't worry, I hate the same kind of people from other religions, too. Any fanatic Evangelist of any religion at all.

Leave religion, or lack thereof, as a personal thing, and don't try and force it on anyone, and we'll get along just fine.

Did you press charges for assault?

My parent did. And I got expelled for the trouble. Fun times.

Where do you live?

You can take that to court, you know.

[Arumdaum]

You got expelled now that was just wrong. I am a christian and I say that was suppperrr nnnooottt christian! That was unjust. Jesus would not have been happy with that. It shows you that some people profess something they are not, many people are hypocrites. Nit saying we all dont have our problems but what they did was totally hypocritical!

Lol, Jesus wouldn't like the way most Christians were acting, anyways.

[West Svobodastan]

I am an Atheist and I do not hate Christians, I hate people. Regardless of a person't beliefs they can still act against their belief's tenets. Not all Communists follow Communist doctrine, I.E. Stalin. Not all Socialists follow socialist doctrine, I.E. Hitler. So to hate an entire group is asinine. You must look at an individual. Remember: An ideology is intangible so therefore it cannot be evil or stupid.

[Imsogone]

I am an Atheist and I do not hate Christians, I hate people. Regardless of a person't beliefs they can still act against their belief's tenets. Not all Communists follow Communist doctrine, I.E. Stalin. Not all Socialists follow socialist doctrine, I.E. Hitler. So to hate an entire group is asinine. You must look at an individual. Remember: An ideology is intangible so therefore it cannot be evil or stupid.

Would you mind explaining that? Just because you can't touch something, doesn't mean it isn't stupid or evil or wrong headed or ignorant. An idea can be all of those things. And since ideas are, pretty much, the sources from ideologies come, if an idea is stupid, evil, wrong-headed or ignorant, then the ideology it spawned is, pretty much, stupid, evil, wrong-headed or ignorant.

[Uawc]

I'm a Muslim, one of those people that are supposed to hate Christians according to the way the mainstream sees things, and I actually like most Christians I've met. I'd say the only Christians I don't like are the Glenn Beck types. It doesn't make sense to hate anybody.

[Meoton]

I am an Atheist and I do not hate Christians, I hate people. Regardless of a person't beliefs they can still act against their belief's tenets. Not all Communists follow Communist doctrine, I.E. Stalin. Not all Socialists follow socialist doctrine, I.E. Hitler. So to hate an entire group is asinine. You must look at an individual. Remember: An ideology is intangible so therefore it cannot be evil or stupid.

I would say, not everyone, by that I mean most people, do not think Hitler was a socialists. Some would say he was a Fascist that didn't follow his doctrine. I would just say he was a charismatic madman with an irrational dream of leading a race of homo-superior into some grand future and being forever know as that civilization's father/messiah. I.e. He had the dreams of a modern day 13 year old computer gamer.