if Atheists don't believe in God, why are they so offended by him?
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Just like the first answer said. "They are offended by people shoving religion down their throat."\nNow that's funny. If you don't want to hear about religion, why are you in the R&S category?
1113207
well i am a believer in god and those that do not believe will have a hard time of it then.. cause they will have no excuse.. i am going to make sure i do my best to follow gods plan the best i can.. i believe in the lord jesus christ and i want to go home to meet him someday...i am going to try and check on some of the answers you get to this question...there is so many people out there with no consious at all. and atheist and i do not think they can explain it theirself...but if they would read the bible and seek the lord , they will find him.. they have to ask him to come into their lives and turn from their sinful ways.. it is not always easy on this earth... cause the devils coming in sheeps clothing.. he comes to kill, steal and destroy... so god  be with us all...
109314
As an atheist, I have tried to grasp how believers in a god can actually believe. Many religious people have deemed this annoying and respond with hostility because their faith comes under question. And contrary to what people above me have said, we DO have beliefs. Just different (which to some people means none at all). I believe in science and proven fact. I have discussed my beliefs, and come under attack, because if people of faith can understand where I stand, they can further help me understand where THEY stand.
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The atheist believes there is no god. ("God does not exist." / "There is no God.")\nThe agnostic believes that one cannot prove whether God exists or does not exist. ("We can't know if God exists or not.")\n\nThe dictionary says this about agnosticism   \n         1. One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God.\n         2. One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism.\n   2. One who is doubtful or noncommittal about something.\n\nI followed definition 1. I guess uncertainty falls under definition 2.\n\nSUMMARY:\nATHEIST -- "THERE IS NO GOD."\nAGNOSTIC -- 2 KINDS: \nA. "WE CAN'T KNOW IF GOD EXISTS OR NOT." (THIS IS MORE DEFINITE. THERE IS CERTAINTY. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW.)\nB. "I'M NOT SURE IF GOD EXISTS. I'M NOT SURE IF GOD DOESN'T EXIST." (THIS IS REALLY UNCERTAIN.)
997374
You are not athiest. You are anti God.  This country was founded on freedom of religion, and its assholes like you that are trying to take away that very freedom.  Tell you what,  don't think anywhere because you are an idiot.  If you truly don't believe in God, than it shouldn't matter who does.  Think on that one bitch.
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Because they don't respect our beliefs.\nCan you imagine how much they'd freak out if we tried to "convert" them?\n\nhey if believing in something the equavalent of Santa Claus just cuz someone told you helps you through they day - that's fine. \n\nBut don't try to push your beliefs onto me.\nI believe atheists are smarter and more moral people.\nWe do not work on blind faith.  We question things and only believe in things that can be proved.\nWe don't just behave because we're scare of a mythical hell, we have chosen to be good people because we believe it's the right thing to do, not because of some magical heaven up in the sky.  We function without an emotional crutch, without some belief in some greater meaning to our lives and without a promise of happy reunions in an afterlife.  We are stronger emotionally.  \nWe do not try to tell people how to live their lives (a la the religious rights efforts to control every aspect of our life).   We are more tolerant.\n.... I could go on for days....\n\n...phew.... thanks for letting me vent... that's all the stuff I try not to scream at them as they judge me, try to tell me how to live my life and threaten me with damnation.
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"The answer is that atheists are basically Rednecks (I'm not meaning this to be offensive). Being a Redneck is being in a blissful state of not caring, and I think that Atheists are the same way" \n\nI think you might have this the other way around. Religion is based on blind faith, that goes hand in hand with ignorance. Once you start questioning you realise the absurdity of religion. An atheist is not someone who doesn't care just someone who finds fairy tales a bit hard to swallow and seeks the answer to life's questions instead of just accepting what he's told
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I am an atheist and any true atheist would not preach like that.  Those people are probably just looking for attention or they do not know what to believe so they chose to attack someone elses beliefs.  I generally stay out of the religion v. atheism  debate... although if anyone wants to talk about it I am happy to give them my reasons for my beliefs... but I will refrain from attacking them or their religion.  That is what a true atheist would do anyway.
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In my experience it is far more likely that a religious organisation will try to persuade an atheist that they should believe in God than vice versa.\n\nAs an atheist myself I have no problem with you believing in your God. I cannot prove that your God does not exist so I have no right to deny you your right to believe.
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Sigh...this is the sort of thing that makes me twitch.  Okay, here goes:\n\nAn atheist believes that there is a logical contradiction inherent in the idea of a/the God.  Because it is otherwise impossible to prove that something doesn't exist (for example, try to prove that there is now or never was any such thing as a unicorn), atheists hold that the idea of God is logically impossible.  Atheism is usually opposed to the traditional omniscient, omnipotent, omnibenevolent God of monotheists.  In other words, atheists find it impossible to believe that a being can be all-knowing, all-powerful and all good at the same time.  They usually cite something like the problem of pain.  (If God is all-good and all-powerful, how can He let bad things happen?)\n\nI realize that there are atheists that are complete materialists and reject the idea of anything that can't be perceived through the senses.  However, usual usage of the term "atheist" is one who doesn't believe in the Christian/Muslim/Jewish God.  (Let's be honest:  how often do you see atheists and Hindus duking it out?)\n\nAs for agnostics, there are two kinds:  1) those who think that it is impossible to know if God exists and 2) those who think it is possible, but aren't convinced one way or the other.\n\nHere is an example to clarify.  You're walking down the road, and a big light from the sky suddenly shines on you.  You hear your name and are told to repent.  Would you acknowledge the possibility that you had just witnessed a miracle, or would you immediately assume that you've done one too many acid trips?\n\nThe 2) kind of agnostic would believe that it is possible and that it might even be the proof they were looking for.  The 1) kind of agnostic would lay off the drugs for a while; he doesn't believe that a God, even if He/She/It exists, can interfere in such a way in human affairs.\n\nI realize that this might not be the simple answer you were looking for.\n\nThe quick answer is that atheists say no and that agnostics say maybe.\n\nSome agnostics are convinceable, and some are not.
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"Atheism, in its broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of any deities."\n=> Wikipedia\n\nI suppose it's because atheists disbelieve in the concept of a god in any sense, so people think they are deluding themselves or something.\n\nAlso, as atheists do not have a comprehensive value system like Christianity or Buddhism, they are automatically deemed by some to be immoral - although this is an unfair accusation.
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God made himself evident in creation, only a fool says "there is no God"..truth be told the atheist do believe there is a God or at one time had, they turned their back on him for one reason or another. BTW Satan believes there is a God too and he shudders. Now you know
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If you didn't believe in God you wouldn't spend time thinking about Him or debating whether He exists, you see, you are defeited even in your question.  God Bless you for your question.
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We don't believe in God. Therefore we also don't believe in heaven or hell.\n\nSome of us were brought up in non-religious households, some turned away from religion for whatever personal reason. There are many, many reasons why people are atheist - as many reasons as people are religous. I am atheist because the thought that there is a god who tests peoples faith and judges them on how well they worship him appalls me. I hope other athiests will tell you why they don't believe.\n\nI do, however, respect people's religious beliefs and believe that we each have the right to our own faith. I would not want to deny anyone the right to their beliefs.\n\nSome people think that atheists are ignorant, arrogant or just plain stubborn, that we have no morals - sometimes these are people who claim their religion preaches tolerance and respect. Atheists don't feel that we need God's guidance to tell us what is right or wrong - that comes down to common sense and a desire to protect and continue humanity.\n\nMost of us have reached our belief through a lot of thought, and that decision doesn't come lightly - it takes courage to stand up and say that you don't believe in God. \n\nI hope this has helped.
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dont get me wrong, i completely understand why athiests reject the notion of God, but why do they always have to sound so superior about it, just like you are coomplaining about christians sounding superior.
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Religion is unimportant and irrelevant to me.\n\nAs an atheist, I'd like to set the record straight on the second part of the question. Not all atheists show a lot of anger and hate. I hate when people(religious, non religious, political, friends, whatever) get disrespectful like they're the only ones who have a right to their opinion, but I don't hate the religion. I frankly don't care if someone's religious. Long as they're respectful, I have no reason to be angry, let alone hate them.\n\nHowever, for those who do show anger and hate(and believe me, I know they're out there on both sides), I imagine that those atheists are probably those who ended up getting the short end of the stick all too often. The ones who have been constantly attacked and ridiculed and humiliated or worse and are sick of it and mad at the people who have done such nasty things to them.\n\nI think if you were constantly told you didn't have a right to your beliefs and were wrong to have them, you'd be pretty upset, too.
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An Atheist is a believer.  However, they do not believe in the correct religion.