Topic: Ever Wondered Why Atheists Seem to Be So Angry?
krupa's photo
Sat 12/20/08 02:07 PM
I make it easy....

If someone claims a religious preference...I hold the entire lot accountable.

If I claimed to be christian and screwed up...I would assume that it would reflect poorly on my fellow christians.

A Buddhist is a Buddhist.

A Moslem is as Moslem.

A Jew is a Jew.

A Christian will just b*tch about the rest.

Krimsa's photo
Sat 12/20/08 02:44 PM
During World War II, the Allied powers made it clear that upon the conclusion of the war the perpetrators would be tried for war crimes. Several official declarations were made between 1942 and the close of the war. The most important of these was the London Agreement which was signed on August 8, 1945. At that conference the charter for the International Military Tribunal was drawn up and signed by the United States, Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union.

Following the trials at Nuremberg, numerous trials of war criminals were held in the British, French, American and Soviet sectors of Germany, on Austria, at Bergen-Belsen, Auschwitz (1947), in many other places where the crimes took place, in France, Italy and in Israel. Most of the trials subsequent to 1946 involved lower-ranking officials, camp guards, Einsatzgruppen officers, medical doctors, etc. Far more war criminals, however, were never brought to justice.


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Sat 12/20/08 03:57 PM

ever Wondered Why Atheists Seem to Be So Angry?


hummm let's look at this logically ..

let's say that you land on another planet in which the majority of the inhabitants follow an entity that is unseen and incomprehensible to their senses and they torture kill and have wars in the name of ...

so maybe it's not that Atheists are so angry ...maybe they are just nervous as hell ..er.. no pun intended

Krimsa's photo
Sat 12/20/08 04:42 PM
Edited by Krimsa on Sat 12/20/08 04:44 PM
Religious people act exactly like Star bellied "Sneetches"

Now the Star-bellied Sneetches had bellies with stars.
The Plain-bellied Sneetches had none upon thars.
The stars weren't so big; they were really quite small.
You would think such a thing wouldn't matter at all.
But because they had stars, all the Star-bellied Sneetches
would brag, "We're the best kind of Sneetch on the beaches."


Jess642's photo
Sun 12/21/08 12:27 PM
laugh Perfect Krimsa!

My galfriend and I had only said the other day, (friday) Dr Suess is our new guru!!

Thankyou!

flowerforyou

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Sun 12/21/08 04:25 PM

:smile: I have always thought that people who are "angry at god" are silly.:smile: They need to be angry at who is REALLY to blame: humans.:smile:


Mirror, atheists are not angry at God. There is no God to be angry at.


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Sun 12/21/08 04:31 PM
Well, Im pretty much an atheist, and Im not angry. I just live my life a day at a time, and dont blame anybody but myself for my problems. But the plus side of that theory, is when i do something good, I know it comes from me :) No use in blaming something if may not even be there. But, I don't hold all the answers. Im just a human

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Sun 12/21/08 04:57 PM

Well, Im pretty much an atheist, and Im not angry. I just live my life a day at a time, and dont blame anybody but myself for my problems. But the plus side of that theory, is when i do something good, I know it comes from me :) No use in blaming something if may not even be there. But, I don't hold all the answers. Im just a human



That works well for me too.

Krimsa's photo
Tue 12/23/08 09:26 AM
I wouldn't define myself as an Atheist although because Im not a Christian, it seems that according to most Christians, I might as well be classified as an Atheist. I might be angry for that reason although I just like poking fun at them instead. Its endless fodder for material. Witch! Witch! laugh :wink:

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Tue 12/23/08 09:33 AM

I wouldn't define myself as an Atheist although because Im not a Christian, it seems that according to most Christians, I might as well be classified as an Atheist. I might be angry for that reason although I just like poking fun at them instead. Its endless fodder for material. Witch! Witch! laugh :wink:


Krimsa, we christians love you just the way you are......flowerforyou:heart:flowerforyou







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Tue 12/23/08 09:41 AM

During World War II, the Allied powers made it clear that upon the conclusion of the war the perpetrators would be tried for war crimes. Several official declarations were made between 1942 and the close of the war. The most important of these was the London Agreement which was signed on August 8, 1945. At that conference the charter for the International Military Tribunal was drawn up and signed by the United States, Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union.

Following the trials at Nuremberg, numerous trials of war criminals were held in the British, French, American and Soviet sectors of Germany, on Austria, at Bergen-Belsen, Auschwitz (1947), in many other places where the crimes took place, in France, Italy and in Israel. Most of the trials subsequent to 1946 involved lower-ranking officials, camp guards, Einsatzgruppen officers, medical doctors, etc. Far more war criminals, however, were never brought to justice.




Project paperclip. They all were secretly brought in to America, changed their identities and got jobs with the government and the CIA.


SharpShooter10's photo
Tue 12/23/08 10:05 AM






Is less about being classified as an Atheist than simply speaking out about the horrors that are perpetrated by any extremist, religious faction.I am sympathetic to the Atheists in many cases.


sure but that would apply to extremists of any belief or non belief. you shouldn't generalize a whole belief system based on the actions of a extremist faction

any more than I should blame all Japanese and all Germans for the actions of their militant militaries in the 40's


So I have no right to blame Christian Germans and a Catholic Hitler for the atrocities perpetrated during WW2? I am also not an Atheist.


I would say blame the ones who committed the atrocities but don't project that onto everyone that believes in god




Well that would have been the Christians then.
would be the german military machine to blame not christians. regardless of what faith he believed

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Tue 12/23/08 10:08 AM

I wouldn't define myself as an Atheist although because Im not a Christian, it seems that according to most Christians, I might as well be classified as an Atheist. I might be angry for that reason although I just like poking fun at them instead. Its endless fodder for material. Witch! Witch! laugh :wink:
and we like to poke fun back drinker

Krimsa's photo
Tue 12/23/08 10:08 AM
Edited by Krimsa on Tue 12/23/08 10:09 AM


I wouldn't define myself as an Atheist although because Im not a Christian, it seems that according to most Christians, I might as well be classified as an Atheist. I might be angry for that reason although I just like poking fun at them instead. Its endless fodder for material. Witch! Witch! laugh :wink:


Krimsa, we christians love you just the way you are......flowerforyou:heart:flowerforyou

Way to diffuse an argument. Woo hoo! When all else fails, resuscitate the lyrics from old Billy Joel tunes.
laugh







Krimsa's photo
Tue 12/23/08 10:11 AM


I wouldn't define myself as an Atheist although because Im not a Christian, it seems that according to most Christians, I might as well be classified as an Atheist. I might be angry for that reason although I just like poking fun at them instead. Its endless fodder for material. Witch! Witch! laugh :wink:
and we like to poke fun back drinker


Yeah by constantly accusing us of Christian bashing. Thats hilarious. grumble huh

Krimsa's photo
Tue 12/23/08 10:11 AM







Is less about being classified as an Atheist than simply speaking out about the horrors that are perpetrated by any extremist, religious faction.I am sympathetic to the Atheists in many cases.


sure but that would apply to extremists of any belief or non belief. you shouldn't generalize a whole belief system based on the actions of a extremist faction

any more than I should blame all Japanese and all Germans for the actions of their militant militaries in the 40's


So I have no right to blame Christian Germans and a Catholic Hitler for the atrocities perpetrated during WW2? I am also not an Atheist.


I would say blame the ones who committed the atrocities but don't project that onto everyone that believes in god




Well that would have been the Christians then.
would be the german military machine to blame not christians. regardless of what faith he believed


Hitler was a practicing Roman Catholic.

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Tue 12/23/08 10:12 AM








Is less about being classified as an Atheist than simply speaking out about the horrors that are perpetrated by any extremist, religious faction.I am sympathetic to the Atheists in many cases.


sure but that would apply to extremists of any belief or non belief. you shouldn't generalize a whole belief system based on the actions of a extremist faction

any more than I should blame all Japanese and all Germans for the actions of their militant militaries in the 40's


So I have no right to blame Christian Germans and a Catholic Hitler for the atrocities perpetrated during WW2? I am also not an Atheist.


I would say blame the ones who committed the atrocities but don't project that onto everyone that believes in god




Well that would have been the Christians then.
would be the german military machine to blame not christians. regardless of what faith he believed


Hitler was a practicing Roman Catholic.


so was Mother Theresa

Krimsa's photo
Tue 12/23/08 10:18 AM
Edited by Krimsa on Tue 12/23/08 10:20 AM









Is less about being classified as an Atheist than simply speaking out about the horrors that are perpetrated by any extremist, religious faction.I am sympathetic to the Atheists in many cases.


sure but that would apply to extremists of any belief or non belief. you shouldn't generalize a whole belief system based on the actions of a extremist faction

any more than I should blame all Japanese and all Germans for the actions of their militant militaries in the 40's


So I have no right to blame Christian Germans and a Catholic Hitler for the atrocities perpetrated during WW2? I am also not an Atheist.


I would say blame the ones who committed the atrocities but don't project that onto everyone that believes in god




Well that would have been the Christians then.
would be the german military machine to blame not christians. regardless of what faith he believed


Hitler was a practicing Roman Catholic.


so was Mother Theresa


Funny you should mention her. Another Catholic "Saint"


What should make Indians particularly indignant is Mother Teresas conduct, immediately after the Union Carbide disaster in 1984. She rushed to Bhopal, not to help the victims and their families but to appeal to them to forgive. Who should the victims forgive? Who else but the multinational Union Carbide and its chief Anderson. Her concern was not the fate of the victims but damage control in the face of the inevitable public anger against the perpetrators of the horrific disaster. The reason is obvious: the victims were poor, but Union Carbide and Anderson are rich.

SharpShooter10's photo
Tue 12/23/08 10:20 AM



I wouldn't define myself as an Atheist although because Im not a Christian, it seems that according to most Christians, I might as well be classified as an Atheist. I might be angry for that reason although I just like poking fun at them instead. Its endless fodder for material. Witch! Witch! laugh :wink:
and we like to poke fun back drinker


Yeah by constantly accusing us of Christian bashing. Thats hilarious. grumble huh
yeah, in a way it is at times, it comes from both sides of the fence as well. I never tell anyone they have to believe what I do, I just give my response to some things as well. Yet it never fails to get accusations of delusion, crap, myths, wrong because thats not what most are taught, poked fun at, lol, no prob, I like to as well. I could really care less if anyone believes, It's my soul i'm concerned with when it comes down to it. Just the fact that someone professes their faith in God gets subjected to ridicule from all fronts in here. I call all this debate and differing and conflictin viewpoints, others call it bashing. If the shoe fits, ya gotta wear it.

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Tue 12/23/08 10:21 AM
Edited by SharpShooter10 on Tue 12/23/08 10:24 AM








Is less about being classified as an Atheist than simply speaking out about the horrors that are perpetrated by any extremist, religious faction.I am sympathetic to the Atheists in many cases.


sure but that would apply to extremists of any belief or non belief. you shouldn't generalize a whole belief system based on the actions of a extremist faction

any more than I should blame all Japanese and all Germans for the actions of their militant militaries in the 40's


So I have no right to blame Christian Germans and a Catholic Hitler for the atrocities perpetrated during WW2? I am also not an Atheist.


I would say blame the ones who committed the atrocities but don't project that onto everyone that believes in god




Well that would have been the Christians then.
would be the german military machine to blame not christians. regardless of what faith he believed


Hitler was a practicing Roman Catholic.
And this means that Christians and Roman Catholics are responsible for a demented dictator and political machines actions in war crimes. Lots more to being a Christian than just claiming to be.