https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/todays-atheists-are-bullies-and-they-are-doing-their-best-to-intimidate-the-rest-of-us-into-silence
I left this thread awhile ago because I didn't want to argue endlessly about something that I thought would never be resolved. Maybe this isn't the best place to put this post, but since some of you are discussing the best response to Christians, I thought I'd show just how nasty and vicious some conservative Christians are becoming, and see if any of you have a good suggestions as to how to respond.
There’s no polite way to say it. Atheists today are the most arrogant, ignorant and dangerous people on earth.
We’ve all seen how these pompous prigs get offended by the slightest bit of religious imagery in public and mortified if even a whisper of “Merry Christmas” escapes the lips of some well-meaning but naïve department store clerk during the “holiday season.”
Really? I say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. It's the Christians that sometimes get their panties in a bunch when we say Happy Holidays. To me, Christmas is a secular holiday and I am never offended if someone wishes me a Merry Christmas, even if I'm not into holidays.
Yes, these atheists are loud, nasty, unapologetic and in-your-face.
But while their arrogance is annoying, it’s nothing compared to their ignorance. Atheists believe that the vast majority of human beings from all periods of time and all places on the Earth have been wrong about the thing most important to them. They basically dismiss this vast majority as being either moronic or profoundly naïve. What they don’t seem to know – or won’t admit – is that the greatest contributions to civilization have been made, not by atheists, but by believers.
Right! We're the dumbass ones. Sure there have been theist scientists but they are rarely fundamentalists. Who has ever denied that some Christians have made contributions to society? Atheists have also made contributions to society. Is this a contest?
Yes, the new atheists have an ignorance of history bordering on madness.
But are they really dangerous, too?
You bet they are. The truth is, the atheist position is incapable of supporting any coherent system of morality other than ruthless social Darwinism. That’s why it has caused more deaths, murders and bloodshed than any other belief system in the history of the world.
Atheists, of course, are always claiming hysterically that Christianity has been responsible for most of the world’s wars, but that’s just another example of atheistic ignorance. The main reasons for war have always been economic gain, territorial gain, civil and revolutionary conflicts. According to Philip Axelrod’s monumental “Encyclopedia of Wars,” only 6.98 percent or all wars from 8000 BC to present were religious in nature. If you subtract Islamic wars from the equation, only 3.2 percent of wars were due to specifically Christian causes. That means that over 96 percent of all the wars on this planet were due to worldly reasons.
I've never made that claim in my life and the only thing that we atheists all agree on is that no gods exist. I don't know how I was able to be a caring competent nurse for 42 years without god, raise a decent son, be faithful to my husband, or give money to my favorite charities. I must have missed the part where I was supposed to be an amoral asshole like the president.
But, here's my favorite part:
So yes, the modern breed of atheist is arrogant, ignorant and dangerous. Too many books written in response to these pseudo-intellectual hatemongers have been altogether too nice. Too many Christian authors have tried to be kind and amiable in an effort to demonstrate that believers don’t have to sink into the mud in order to defend the faith. That tact is very charitable, but unfortunately, it just doesn’t work with bullies.
And that’s exactly what modern-day atheists are—bullies; bullies who are doing their best to intimidate the rest of us into silence.
Well, we can’t allow that to happen. As I say in my book, “Inside the Atheist Mind: Unmasking the Religion of Those Who Say There is No God,” there is only one way to deal with bullies, even in this politically correct world—and that is to stand up to them and fight them; to fight them in a bold, aggressive, and fearless way, and to fight them now.
Okay, The above is just an opinion piece posted on the Fox News site, but it's based on his hateful book and unfortunately a large percentage of American Christians worship Fox. Jebus would be so proud.
Are we supposed to turn the other cheek or take off the gloves and fight back? Are we to ignore these horrible, judgmental people, or what?
No, not all Christians are like that, but it does seem as if the most conservative ones are. They feel threatened by anyone who questions their beliefs and it worries me that if they continue this hateful judgmental rhetoric, some nut job is gong to direct his hatred in a violent way. I wish people would learn to get along without attacking each other's opinions or beliefs, unless someone asks for an argument. 1I has come here to preach to us. He may be harmless, but I can't put any blame on anyone here who chooses to hit back when he talks down to us by telling us that we need to covert to his worldview. And, it does make me question his motivations. Is he really interested in our "souls" or does he think if he gets more converts, he'll have a better spot in heaven.
I've wondered this about a former coworker who sent me a very flattering card a couple of months ago, telling me things like I was the best nurse she ever knew, yadayadayada. But, she knows I'm an atheist and the card was full of Bible scripture and a something like without god, there would be no love, so I did question her sincerity about the praise she gave me. I did send her a card back with a picture of a dog on it. I told her the secret to being a good nurse was never to judge your patients due to their beliefs or characters, as a good nurse treats all of her patients with the same quality care, regardless of who they are. I also told her that I worship dogs.
I couldn't help myself. It was meant to be humorous, and if it offended her, that's on her. I have no intention of trying to deconvert anyone. Someone with irrational beliefs isn't going to be convinced by a rational argument. If someone is open minded and actively searching, that's when you make the rational argument. But, when someone comes here with the primary purpose of trying to "save"us, then I see nothing wrong with questioning their motivations and telling them exactly why you find them insulting.
