Theories on Why Atheists are met with Hostility

[mudwhistle]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

 

[Derideo_Te]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

 

[turzovka]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

I don't care. Do whatever you want. If someone protests you got a problem with that?

And what do you mean by "imposing our religion upon you?" Do you feel imposed upon because we publicly air our beliefs? You appear too sensitive.

 

[Derideo_Te]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

I don't care. Do whatever you want. If someone protests you got a problem with that?

And what do you mean by "imposing our religion upon you?" Do you feel imposed upon because we publicly air our beliefs? You appear too sensitive.

You can publicly air your beliefs as much as you like. But you cannot do it under government sanction. The fact that you don't understand this basic concept means that you have disqualified yourself from this debate. Have a nice day.

 

[turzovka]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

I don't care. Do whatever you want. If someone protests you got a problem with that?

And what do you mean by "imposing our religion upon you?" Do you feel imposed upon because we publicly air our beliefs? You appear too sensitive.

You can publicly air your beliefs as much as you like. But you cannot do it under government sanction. The fact that you don't understand this basic concept means that you have disqualified yourself from this debate. Have a nice day.

What govt sanction? If the voters vote in laws that reflect their Christian beliefs, such as no liquor sold on Sundays, no porn shops in certain neighborhoods, etc., who are you to say they cannot exercise their voting rights as they choose?

You are trying to remove the word God from your walk down the street. Too bad. You don't have that right unless you can get enough voters to support your cry.

And by the way, my faith in the one true God is far past any doubt. So you can remove that fake theory from your arsenal. You simply run away from the evidence. I guess I can understand why.

 

[Derideo_Te]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

I don't care. Do whatever you want. If someone protests you got a problem with that?

And what do you mean by "imposing our religion upon you?" Do you feel imposed upon because we publicly air our beliefs? You appear too sensitive.

You can publicly air your beliefs as much as you like. But you cannot do it under government sanction. The fact that you don't understand this basic concept means that you have disqualified yourself from this debate. Have a nice day.

What govt sanction? If the voters vote in laws that reflect their Christian beliefs, such as no liquor sold on Sundays, no porn shops in certain neighborhoods, etc., who are you to say they cannot exercise their voting rights as they choose?

You are trying to remove the word God from your walk down the street. Too bad. You don't have that right unless you can get enough voters to support your cry.

And by the way, my faith in the one true God is far past any doubt. So you can remove that fake theory from your arsenal. You simply run away from the evidence. I guess I can understand why.

It wasn't necessary for you to confirm that you are unqualified to engage in this debate. That was readily apparent from your prior post.

 

[mudwhistle]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

You must feel having to look at a cross is an imposition.

 

[turzovka]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

I don't care. Do whatever you want. If someone protests you got a problem with that?

And what do you mean by "imposing our religion upon you?" Do you feel imposed upon because we publicly air our beliefs? You appear too sensitive.

You can publicly air your beliefs as much as you like. But you cannot do it under government sanction. The fact that you don't understand this basic concept means that you have disqualified yourself from this debate. Have a nice day.

What govt sanction? If the voters vote in laws that reflect their Christian beliefs, such as no liquor sold on Sundays, no porn shops in certain neighborhoods, etc., who are you to say they cannot exercise their voting rights as they choose?

You are trying to remove the word God from your walk down the street. Too bad. You don't have that right unless you can get enough voters to support your cry.

And by the way, my faith in the one true God is far past any doubt. So you can remove that fake theory from your arsenal. You simply run away from the evidence. I guess I can understand why.

It wasn't necessary for you to confirm that you are unqualified to engage in this debate. That was readily apparent from your prior post.

Fine.
I will take your last reply as an admission of being lost without an answer, but still determined to try to look clever.

 

[mudwhistle]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

I don't care. Do whatever you want. If someone protests you got a problem with that?

And what do you mean by "imposing our religion upon you?" Do you feel imposed upon because we publicly air our beliefs? You appear too sensitive.

You can publicly air your beliefs as much as you like. But you cannot do it under government sanction. The fact that you don't understand this basic concept means that you have disqualified yourself from this debate. Have a nice day.

What govt sanction? If the voters vote in laws that reflect their Christian beliefs, such as no liquor sold on Sundays, no porn shops in certain neighborhoods, etc., who are you to say they cannot exercise their voting rights as they choose?

You are trying to remove the word God from your walk down the street. Too bad. You don't have that right unless you can get enough voters to support your cry.

And by the way, my faith in the one true God is far past any doubt. So you can remove that fake theory from your arsenal. You simply run away from the evidence. I guess I can understand why.

It wasn't necessary for you to confirm that you are unqualified to engage in this debate. That was readily apparent from your prior post.

You just gave a good example why believers might not like Atheists.

 

[Derideo_Te]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

You must feel having to look at a cross is an imposition.

Your failure to respond to your 'live and let live' premise says volumes.

 

[mudwhistle]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

I don't care. Do whatever you want. If someone protests you got a problem with that?

And what do you mean by "imposing our religion upon you?" Do you feel imposed upon because we publicly air our beliefs? You appear too sensitive.

You can publicly air your beliefs as much as you like. But you cannot do it under government sanction. The fact that you don't understand this basic concept means that you have disqualified yourself from this debate. Have a nice day.

The federal government is prohibited from creating laws recognizing or prohibiting religious beliefs.

You cannot ban all religious practices. It is strictly forbidden. What you're guilty of is doing exactly that by going around the law simply because nothing says you can't. Creating unwritten laws essentially.

 

[Derideo_Te]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

I don't care. Do whatever you want. If someone protests you got a problem with that?

And what do you mean by "imposing our religion upon you?" Do you feel imposed upon because we publicly air our beliefs? You appear too sensitive.

You can publicly air your beliefs as much as you like. But you cannot do it under government sanction. The fact that you don't understand this basic concept means that you have disqualified yourself from this debate. Have a nice day.

What govt sanction? If the voters vote in laws that reflect their Christian beliefs, such as no liquor sold on Sundays, no porn shops in certain neighborhoods, etc., who are you to say they cannot exercise their voting rights as they choose?

You are trying to remove the word God from your walk down the street. Too bad. You don't have that right unless you can get enough voters to support your cry.

And by the way, my faith in the one true God is far past any doubt. So you can remove that fake theory from your arsenal. You simply run away from the evidence. I guess I can understand why.

It wasn't necessary for you to confirm that you are unqualified to engage in this debate. That was readily apparent from your prior post.

You just gave a good example why believers might not like Atheists.

So according to you theists have the right to impose their beliefs on others via government but atheists don't have any right to be free from your beliefs? Obviously you don't understand the Constitution either.

 

[Derideo_Te]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

I don't care. Do whatever you want. If someone protests you got a problem with that?

And what do you mean by "imposing our religion upon you?" Do you feel imposed upon because we publicly air our beliefs? You appear too sensitive.

You can publicly air your beliefs as much as you like. But you cannot do it under government sanction. The fact that you don't understand this basic concept means that you have disqualified yourself from this debate. Have a nice day.

The federal government is prohibited from creating laws recognizing or prohibiting religious beliefs.

You cannot ban all religious practices. It is strictly forbidden. What you're guilty of is doing exactly that by going around the law simply because nothing says you can't. Creating unwritten laws essentially.

No one is advocating banning "all religious practices". That is fallacious allegation on your part. You are guilty of falsely accusing atheists of things that they are not doing. There are no "unwritten laws" other than in your imagination.

 

[mudwhistle]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

You must feel having to look at a cross is an imposition.

Your failure to respond to your 'live and let live' premise says volumes.

WTF are you babbling about.

You start a fight and whine when people decide defend to themselves.

 

[mudwhistle]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

I don't care. Do whatever you want. If someone protests you got a problem with that?

And what do you mean by "imposing our religion upon you?" Do you feel imposed upon because we publicly air our beliefs? You appear too sensitive.

You can publicly air your beliefs as much as you like. But you cannot do it under government sanction. The fact that you don't understand this basic concept means that you have disqualified yourself from this debate. Have a nice day.

What govt sanction? If the voters vote in laws that reflect their Christian beliefs, such as no liquor sold on Sundays, no porn shops in certain neighborhoods, etc., who are you to say they cannot exercise their voting rights as they choose?

You are trying to remove the word God from your walk down the street. Too bad. You don't have that right unless you can get enough voters to support your cry.

And by the way, my faith in the one true God is far past any doubt. So you can remove that fake theory from your arsenal. You simply run away from the evidence. I guess I can understand why.

It wasn't necessary for you to confirm that you are unqualified to engage in this debate. That was readily apparent from your prior post.

You just gave a good example why believers might not like Atheists.

So according to you theists have the right to impose their beliefs on others via government but atheists don't have any right to be free from your beliefs? Obviously you don't understand the Constitution either.

I understand what it says better than you..


Please quote the sentence that grants you freedom from religion

 

[Carla_Danger]

Atheists that proselytize....

Exactly. If you don't believe in something - fine - more power to you. But you don't have to be a dick about it and go on rants about people who do.

A concept not mentioned in the video but happens to be the major source of hostility towards atheists.

Another reason why Pascal's Wager doesn't work. If they're wrong then they wasted their whole lives, waiting for death. Imagine how angry they would be if they could someone know it was all a lie before they died.

"OVERTHINKING"
The art of creating problems that weren't even there.

A year ago one of the nicest people I have known in my life passed away. His name was Dave. A simple man, nice to everyone, giving, thoughtful and genuine. Everyone on the office liked him, it was basically impossible to dislike him.
He was an atheist.
He wasn't disliked by anyone, despite everyone knowing this. He was, however, never judgmental or "holier than thou". He never talked about atheism or religion. Why would he? Usually if a person doesn't believe in something, they don't really think about it. I do not believe that Big Foot exist. I never talk about Big Foot.
Many atheist love to talk about themselves. And love to tell everyone about this badge of honor as they perceive it. That they are enlightened. Smart, not gullible and dumb like everyone else.
An asshole.
Stop being one and people will like you. The best advice anyone can give an atheist.

I can't speak for other atheists but in my own case I speak on atheism from a social rights standpoint not a religions standpoint. It is of no concern to me what others believe, and I do not feel more enlightened or in any other way superior to those of faith. My concern is only with the actions of those with faith and even then, only when those actions infringe on the inherent rights of others.

Sorry, but I call bullshit.
Much like some blacks and "racism"....they see racism everywhere they look...mostly where none is.
Much like some atheist. They don't believe in Christ, but constantly put themselves on a cross...always believing they are being persecuted. Always looking for something that might be "against my civil rights". - OMG!! - look a cross on the side of a building!!!! They are violating my civil rights!!!!!!!!
Yes. An asshole.

You just gave yourself away. LOL!

 

[mudwhistle]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

I don't care. Do whatever you want. If someone protests you got a problem with that?

And what do you mean by "imposing our religion upon you?" Do you feel imposed upon because we publicly air our beliefs? You appear too sensitive.

You can publicly air your beliefs as much as you like. But you cannot do it under government sanction. The fact that you don't understand this basic concept means that you have disqualified yourself from this debate. Have a nice day.

The federal government is prohibited from creating laws recognizing or prohibiting religious beliefs.

You cannot ban all religious practices. It is strictly forbidden. What you're guilty of is doing exactly that by going around the law simply because nothing says you can't. Creating unwritten laws essentially.

No one is advocating banning "all religious practices". That is fallacious allegation on your part. You are guilty of falsely accusing atheists of things that they are not doing. There are no "unwritten laws" other than in your imagination.

Bullshit.
If given the chance you'd ban it, but since you can't you remove it any way you can.

 

[AtheistBuddah]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

I don't care. Do whatever you want. If someone protests you got a problem with that?

And what do you mean by "imposing our religion upon you?" Do you feel imposed upon because we publicly air our beliefs? You appear too sensitive.

You can publicly air your beliefs as much as you like. But you cannot do it under government sanction. The fact that you don't understand this basic concept means that you have disqualified yourself from this debate. Have a nice day.

The federal government is prohibited from creating laws recognizing or prohibiting religious beliefs.

You cannot ban all religious practices. It is strictly forbidden. What you're guilty of is doing exactly that by going around the law simply because nothing says you can't. Creating unwritten laws essentially.

No one is advocating banning "all religious practices". That is fallacious allegation on your part. You are guilty of falsely accusing atheists of things that they are not doing. There are no "unwritten laws" other than in your imagination.

Bullshit.
If given the chance you'd ban it, but since you can't you remove it any way you can.

Is your screen name "mudwhistle" because you like to spew shit? Because that's all I'm seeing. Utter shit. You simply can't know for certain what all atheists want with regards to religion in this country or any country. You are not omniscient therefore your claim is inherently impossible.

 

[Derideo_Te]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

I don't care. Do whatever you want. If someone protests you got a problem with that?

And what do you mean by "imposing our religion upon you?" Do you feel imposed upon because we publicly air our beliefs? You appear too sensitive.

You can publicly air your beliefs as much as you like. But you cannot do it under government sanction. The fact that you don't understand this basic concept means that you have disqualified yourself from this debate. Have a nice day.

What govt sanction? If the voters vote in laws that reflect their Christian beliefs, such as no liquor sold on Sundays, no porn shops in certain neighborhoods, etc., who are you to say they cannot exercise their voting rights as they choose?

You are trying to remove the word God from your walk down the street. Too bad. You don't have that right unless you can get enough voters to support your cry.

And by the way, my faith in the one true God is far past any doubt. So you can remove that fake theory from your arsenal. You simply run away from the evidence. I guess I can understand why.

It wasn't necessary for you to confirm that you are unqualified to engage in this debate. That was readily apparent from your prior post.

You just gave a good example why believers might not like Atheists.

So according to you theists have the right to impose their beliefs on others via government but atheists don't have any right to be free from your beliefs? Obviously you don't understand the Constitution either.

I understand what it says better than you..


Please quote the sentence that grants you freedom from religion

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

Seriously?

You don't comprehend that the 1st Amendment stipulates that the government MUST be free FROM religion?

You don't comprehend that the 1st Amendment stipulating that the government must be free FROM religion means that individuals are also free FROM religion?

You don't comprehend that the 1st Amendment stipulating the "free excercise thereof" means the FREEDOM to be free FROM religion?

 

[Derideo_Te]

The hostility can also be based upon doubt.

Religion is about convincing yourself that God exists. But everyone is fallible and makes mistakes. What if theists have made a mistake about their belief? Going to houses of worship, studying holy books and praying won't make that doubt go away. It remains there because it is impossible to convince yourself to the point of removing all self doubt. In order for that to happen it must be stepped up to the level of brainwashing but that is not a conviction either.

So for theists who are honest with themselves there is always this nagging doubt and their hostility towards atheists stems from seeing their own doubts in the flesh, so to speak. The religion of theists claims that heathens suffer from all kinds of imaginary problems but in the flesh atheists are normal people leading normal lives. They are friendly, funny, open and giving. They care about others, make donations to good causes, volunteer to help the less fortunate and generally lead good lives.

And they doing all of this without any imaginary deity in their lives. They don't pray, congregate or proselytize. They don't pay tithes or claim that gay marriage will bring about the apocalypse.

Hostility towards atheists is not because they don't believe. Hostility towards atheists is because believers have a hard time dealing with their own self doubts when faced with the normality that is everyday atheism in my opinion.

It has nothing to do with a lack of faith.
The hostility may have something to do with the way all it takes is one Atheist to complain about something to have it removed. Atheists try to infringe on everyone's freedom of religious expression. I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, but that doesn't mean I'm going to sue if anyone has an Easter Egg hunt. For years Atheists tried to remove the cross on the top of Mount Soledad in San Diego.

Mount Soledad cross controversy - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

The hostility is based in the feeling that you should live and let live. Quit wearing your feelings on your sleeves people. Stop horning in on everyone's happiness.

Ironic given that fundamentalist Christians are the ones demanding that they be given the right to impose their religion on everyone else at the cost of the happiness of others who don't share their beliefs and many who do.

But let's take your "live and let live" premise a step further. Are you going to be happy with satanic rituals being performed before high school football games? How about Hindu and Islamic symbols in your local courtroom? Would you be happy with your state legislature representatives swearing in with their hand on the Quran?

I don't care. Do whatever you want. If someone protests you got a problem with that?

And what do you mean by "imposing our religion upon you?" Do you feel imposed upon because we publicly air our beliefs? You appear too sensitive.

You can publicly air your beliefs as much as you like. But you cannot do it under government sanction. The fact that you don't understand this basic concept means that you have disqualified yourself from this debate. Have a nice day.

The federal government is prohibited from creating laws recognizing or prohibiting religious beliefs.

You cannot ban all religious practices. It is strictly forbidden. What you're guilty of is doing exactly that by going around the law simply because nothing says you can't. Creating unwritten laws essentially.

No one is advocating banning "all religious practices". That is fallacious allegation on your part. You are guilty of falsely accusing atheists of things that they are not doing. There are no "unwritten laws" other than in your imagination.

Bullshit.
If given the chance you'd ban it, but since you can't you remove it any way you can.

Facts not in evidence. Your paranoia doesn't have anything to do with reality.