What motivates an atheist to go on the internet and make a jackass out of himself?

[Blackrook]

What motivates an atheist to go on the internet and make a jackass of himself?

Because that's what most of you are doing.

Your attacks on religion are funny to you and other atheists, but they make you look like a jackass to most normal people.

And it seems that atheists enjoy making jackasses out of themselves.

For example, Santa Monica was having nice Christmas displays of baby Jesus up and down the street.

A bunch of atheists sued the city, so they got some of the displays for themselves, and they set up anti-God and anti-Christian messages, like "There is no such thing as Santa Claus, or God either."

And really, who else but a jackass would want to spoil everyone's Christmas fun by putting up a display like that?

We often have veteran's groups putting up crosses to honor those who died in war. Atheists like to sue the government and force the veterans to take the crosses down. Only a jackass would do something like that.

Richard Dawkins, one of the biggest jackasses of all time, once said that raising your kid to be Catholic was worse than sexual abuse. Only a supremely arrogant prick of a jackass would say something that mean and hurtful to every Catholic who has ever raised a child.

So guess what atheists, why don't people like you?

Stop acting like a jackass and maybe they will like you more.

 

[Rikurzhen]

It's not Atheism, it's the Religion of Liberalism, that's motivating this.

I'm an Atheist, I'm conservative, I know other conservatives who are also Atheists and all that you're describing is alien to us. Our beliefs are our business and we're not interested in proselytizing and I'll go further, even though we don't believe in God and religion we see the very important social benefits that flow to society from religions acting as binding agents for their followers - people come together when they believe in a common thing, they share, they get closer, they care. For conservatives this is a marvelous benefit that should be preserved.

The Religion of Liberalism has a completely different vision of how society should function and other religions impede the Dawning of the New Age. Religions are competition for the Religion of Liberalism and so that's why you get this low-level offensive warfare. The more they harm religion the more of a vacuum they create in society that they can fill with their own religion, liberal values.

 

[Vigilante]

 

[Blackrook]

I am in total agreement with that. It is ironic that liberals, who say they are compassionate to the poor and downtrodden, are hostile to a religion that teaches that we should feed and clothe the poor and downtrodden.

But that is the key to understanding. Liberalism sees Christianity as competition in the same niche. If people are feeding and clothing the poor out of their own resources, they don't see the need for the government to do the same job.

What liberalism seeks to do is destroy the Christian virtue of charity, destroy it in men's souls so that people will harden their hearts to the poor and downtrodden, and therefore, be willing to let the government take over the role of feeding and clothing them.

And we can see in Europe, Canada, and Australia, as these countries became more socialist, Christian virtue declined and people stopped going to church on Sundays, or engaging in the charitable works the churches were engaged in.

That is why I am convinced that liberalism, defined as the modern leftist movement, is Satan's plan to kill Christian faith in the Western world. And it's working very well.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

What motivates a Christian to go online and make a jackass out of themselves arguing with atheists?

 

[Blackrook]

What motivates a Christian to go online and make a jackass out of themselves arguing with atheists?

It's either that or watch television.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Your attacks on religion are funny to you and other atheists, but they make you look like a jackass to most normal people.


Incorrect.


No one is 'attacking' religion.


Theists are simply being appropriately challenged as a consequence of their arrogance and hubris, as well as their hostility to those who disagree with them and indeed challenge them.


To challenge, disagree, confront, and dissent is not 'attacking.'

 

[idb]

I am in total agreement with that. It is ironic that liberals, who say they are compassionate to the poor and downtrodden, are hostile to a religion that teaches that we should feed and clothe the poor and downtrodden.

But that is the key to understanding. Liberalism sees Christianity as competition in the same niche. If people are feeding and clothing the poor out of their own resources, they don't see the need for the government to do the same job.

What liberalism seeks to do is destroy the Christian virtue of charity, destroy it in men's souls so that people will harden their hearts to the poor and downtrodden, and therefore, be willing to let the government take over the role of feeding and clothing them.

And we can see in Europe, Canada, and Australia, as these countries became more socialist, Christian virtue declined and people stopped going to church on Sundays, or engaging in the charitable works the churches were engaged in.

That is why I am convinced that liberalism, defined as the modern leftist movement, is Satan's plan to kill Christian faith in the Western world. And it's working very well.

The Christian church has generated a lot of it's own bad PR over recent years.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

It's not Atheism, it's the Religion of Liberalism, that's motivating this.

I'm an Atheist, I'm conservative, I know other conservatives who are also Atheists and all that you're describing is alien to us. Our beliefs are our business and we're not interested in proselytizing and I'll go further, even though we don't believe in God and religion we see the very important social benefits that flow to society from religions acting as binding agents for their followers - people come together when they believe in a common thing, they share, they get closer, they care. For conservatives this is a marvelous benefit that should be preserved.

The Religion of Liberalism has a completely different vision of how society should function and other religions impede the Dawning of the New Age. Religions are competition for the Religion of Liberalism and so that's why you get this low-level offensive warfare. The more they harm religion the more of a vacuum they create in society that they can fill with their own religion, liberal values.

This fails as a straw man fallacy.


The vast majority of liberals are Christian, and an ever larger majority are persons of faith.

 

[Blackrook]

I have not once seen a liberal defend Christianity from the attacks of their fellow liberals. Not once.

 

[Rikurzhen]

It's not Atheism, it's the Religion of Liberalism, that's motivating this.

I'm an Atheist, I'm conservative, I know other conservatives who are also Atheists and all that you're describing is alien to us. Our beliefs are our business and we're not interested in proselytizing and I'll go further, even though we don't believe in God and religion we see the very important social benefits that flow to society from religions acting as binding agents for their followers - people come together when they believe in a common thing, they share, they get closer, they care. For conservatives this is a marvelous benefit that should be preserved.

The Religion of Liberalism has a completely different vision of how society should function and other religions impede the Dawning of the New Age. Religions are competition for the Religion of Liberalism and so that's why you get this low-level offensive warfare. The more they harm religion the more of a vacuum they create in society that they can fill with their own religion, liberal values.

This fails as a straw man fallacy.


The vast majority of liberals are Christian, and an ever larger majority persons of faith.

So what? This whackadoo was a Christian preacher and a Muslim at the same time:

Shortly after noon on Fridays, the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding ties on a black headscarf, preparing to pray with her Muslim group on First Hill.

On Sunday mornings, Redding puts on the white collar of an Episcopal priest.

She does both, she says, because she's Christian and Muslim.

Redding, who until recently was director of faith formation at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, has been a priest for more than 20 years. Now she's ready to tell people that, for the last 15 months, she's also been a Muslim — drawn to the faith after an introduction to Islamic prayers left her profoundly moved.​

Holding to two contradictory faiths is not out of the ordinary, as you yourself point out, there are Christians who are also followers of the Religion of Liberalism.

 

[Blackrook]

It's not Atheism, it's the Religion of Liberalism, that's motivating this.

I'm an Atheist, I'm conservative, I know other conservatives who are also Atheists and all that you're describing is alien to us. Our beliefs are our business and we're not interested in proselytizing and I'll go further, even though we don't believe in God and religion we see the very important social benefits that flow to society from religions acting as binding agents for their followers - people come together when they believe in a common thing, they share, they get closer, they care. For conservatives this is a marvelous benefit that should be preserved.

The Religion of Liberalism has a completely different vision of how society should function and other religions impede the Dawning of the New Age. Religions are competition for the Religion of Liberalism and so that's why you get this low-level offensive warfare. The more they harm religion the more of a vacuum they create in society that they can fill with their own religion, liberal values.

This fails as a straw man fallacy.


The vast majority of liberals are Christian, and an ever larger majority persons of faith.

So what? This whackadoo was a Christian preacher and a Muslim at the same time:

Shortly after noon on Fridays, the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding ties on a black headscarf, preparing to pray with her Muslim group on First Hill.

On Sunday mornings, Redding puts on the white collar of an Episcopal priest.

She does both, she says, because she's Christian and Muslim.

Redding, who until recently was director of faith formation at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, has been a priest for more than 20 years. Now she's ready to tell people that, for the last 15 months, she's also been a Muslim — drawn to the faith after an introduction to Islamic prayers left her profoundly moved.​

Holding to two contradictory faiths is not out of the ordinary, as you yourself point out, there are Christians who are also followers of the Religion of Liberalism.

She's Episcopalean, which explains everything.

 

[idb]

It's not Atheism, it's the Religion of Liberalism, that's motivating this.

I'm an Atheist, I'm conservative, I know other conservatives who are also Atheists and all that you're describing is alien to us. Our beliefs are our business and we're not interested in proselytizing and I'll go further, even though we don't believe in God and religion we see the very important social benefits that flow to society from religions acting as binding agents for their followers - people come together when they believe in a common thing, they share, they get closer, they care. For conservatives this is a marvelous benefit that should be preserved.

The Religion of Liberalism has a completely different vision of how society should function and other religions impede the Dawning of the New Age. Religions are competition for the Religion of Liberalism and so that's why you get this low-level offensive warfare. The more they harm religion the more of a vacuum they create in society that they can fill with their own religion, liberal values.

This fails as a straw man fallacy.


The vast majority of liberals are Christian, and an ever larger majority persons of faith.

So what? This whackadoo was a Christian preacher and a Muslim at the same time:

Shortly after noon on Fridays, the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding ties on a black headscarf, preparing to pray with her Muslim group on First Hill.

On Sunday mornings, Redding puts on the white collar of an Episcopal priest.

She does both, she says, because she's Christian and Muslim.

Redding, who until recently was director of faith formation at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral, has been a priest for more than 20 years. Now she's ready to tell people that, for the last 15 months, she's also been a Muslim — drawn to the faith after an introduction to Islamic prayers left her profoundly moved.​

Holding to two contradictory faiths is not out of the ordinary, as you yourself point out, there are Christians who are also followers of the Religion of Liberalism.

She's Episcopalean, which explains everything.

What motivates you to come on the internet and beat up on Episcopaleans?

 

[theDoctorisIn]

I'm sorry, but I can't help but get a kick out of this thread.

Blackrook, how many anti-atheism threads do you feel the need to start tonight?

 

[Blackrook]

I'm sorry, but I can't help but get a kick out of this thread.

Blackrook, how many anti-atheism threads do you feel the need to start tonight?

Well, it seems the atheists have had the run of things for quite some time, starting threads speculating that Jesus doesn't exist, Jesus was homosexual, Christians abuse women, Christians are sexual perverts, Dinosaurs disprove Christianity, etc. All I'm doing is balancing things out a bit. But I won't start anymore tonight.

 

[September]

The majority of Christians as well as Atheists would both rather argue and debate religion rather than discuss it in a "chill" manner... without attempting to "disprove" or eagerly express opposition to the other's views.

Especially on the Internet.
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[sealybobo]

What motivates an atheist to go on the internet and make a jackass of himself?

Because that's what most of you are doing.

Your attacks on religion are funny to you and other atheists, but they make you look like a jackass to most normal people.

And it seems that atheists enjoy making jackasses out of themselves.

For example, Santa Monica was having nice Christmas displays of baby Jesus up and down the street.

A bunch of atheists sued the city, so they got some of the displays for themselves, and they set up anti-God and anti-Christian messages, like "There is no such thing as Santa Claus, or God either."

And really, who else but a jackass would want to spoil everyone's Christmas fun by putting up a display like that?

We often have veteran's groups putting up crosses to honor those who died in war. Atheists like to sue the government and force the veterans to take the crosses down. Only a jackass would do something like that.

Richard Dawkins, one of the biggest jackasses of all time, once said that raising your kid to be Catholic was worse than sexual abuse. Only a supremely arrogant prick of a jackass would say something that mean and hurtful to every Catholic who has ever raised a child.

So guess what atheists, why don't people like you?

Stop acting like a jackass and maybe they will like you more.

This is why we separate church and state.

When's the last time an atheist flyer was on your car? Never? I got a christian flyer on my car the other day. Would you want me to put a flyer on your car that your kid might see that explains to him why belief in god is nonsense? Belief in god is a silly notion no matter how many people believe it. We know when/how/why humans invented god and all the organized religions tell stories not history. Hell, we killed anyone who didn't believe for thousands of years. We still do in some parts of the world (muslims). You think the atheists gene would have disappeared yet atheists numbers grow by the day thanks to the www.

 

[the_human_being]

What motivates an atheist to go on the internet and make a jackass of himself?

Because that's what most of you are doing.

Your attacks on religion are funny to you and other atheists, but they make you look like a jackass to most normal people.

And it seems that atheists enjoy making jackasses out of themselves.

For example, Santa Monica was having nice Christmas displays of baby Jesus up and down the street.

A bunch of atheists sued the city, so they got some of the displays for themselves, and they set up anti-God and anti-Christian messages, like "There is no such thing as Santa Claus, or God either."

And really, who else but a jackass would want to spoil everyone's Christmas fun by putting up a display like that?

We often have veteran's groups putting up crosses to honor those who died in war. Atheists like to sue the government and force the veterans to take the crosses down. Only a jackass would do something like that.

Richard Dawkins, one of the biggest jackasses of all time, once said that raising your kid to be Catholic was worse than sexual abuse. Only a supremely arrogant prick of a jackass would say something that mean and hurtful to every Catholic who has ever raised a child.

So guess what atheists, why don't people like you?

Stop acting like a jackass and maybe they will like you more.

Most of them have fooled themselves into believing they are intellectuals when they are actually fools - they just don't know they are.

 

[sealybobo]

What motivates an atheist to go on the internet and make a jackass of himself?

Because that's what most of you are doing.

Your attacks on religion are funny to you and other atheists, but they make you look like a jackass to most normal people.

And it seems that atheists enjoy making jackasses out of themselves.

For example, Santa Monica was having nice Christmas displays of baby Jesus up and down the street.

A bunch of atheists sued the city, so they got some of the displays for themselves, and they set up anti-God and anti-Christian messages, like "There is no such thing as Santa Claus, or God either."

And really, who else but a jackass would want to spoil everyone's Christmas fun by putting up a display like that?

We often have veteran's groups putting up crosses to honor those who died in war. Atheists like to sue the government and force the veterans to take the crosses down. Only a jackass would do something like that.

Richard Dawkins, one of the biggest jackasses of all time, once said that raising your kid to be Catholic was worse than sexual abuse. Only a supremely arrogant prick of a jackass would say something that mean and hurtful to every Catholic who has ever raised a child.

So guess what atheists, why don't people like you?

Stop acting like a jackass and maybe they will like you more.

Most of them have fooled themselves into believing they are intellectuals when they are actually fools - they just don't know they are.

Are you a Christian? If you are, are Muslims and Jews fools too?

Are you ok as long as a person believes in a generic god or does it have to be your god?

 

[the_human_being]

What motivates an atheist to go on the internet and make a jackass of himself?

Because that's what most of you are doing.

Your attacks on religion are funny to you and other atheists, but they make you look like a jackass to most normal people.

And it seems that atheists enjoy making jackasses out of themselves.

For example, Santa Monica was having nice Christmas displays of baby Jesus up and down the street.

A bunch of atheists sued the city, so they got some of the displays for themselves, and they set up anti-God and anti-Christian messages, like "There is no such thing as Santa Claus, or God either."

And really, who else but a jackass would want to spoil everyone's Christmas fun by putting up a display like that?

We often have veteran's groups putting up crosses to honor those who died in war. Atheists like to sue the government and force the veterans to take the crosses down. Only a jackass would do something like that.

Richard Dawkins, one of the biggest jackasses of all time, once said that raising your kid to be Catholic was worse than sexual abuse. Only a supremely arrogant prick of a jackass would say something that mean and hurtful to every Catholic who has ever raised a child.

So guess what atheists, why don't people like you?

Stop acting like a jackass and maybe they will like you more.

Most of them have fooled themselves into believing they are intellectuals when they are actually fools - they just don't know they are.

Are you a Christian? If you are, are Muslims and Jews fools too?

Are you ok as long as a person believes in a generic god or does it have to be your god?

I really fail to see why this is of any business of yours but I will accommodate you since other people's business seems to be so important to you. Yes, I consider myself a Christian. Whether you are a Christian or not has absolutely no interest or concern for me, neither does Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Democrats, hood rats, bats, vermin, bacteria, or anyone or anything else. I grant you permission to worship a crocodile should you so choose.

You have failed once again. You are the one who hates and you will never drag me down to your gutter.