jesus_has_risened #fundie

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How come atheists do not believe in god? I do not understand how you can feel like this. I have atheist neighbors but i cna't talk to them. I want to talk to them for god oneday but I need to understand them more.
can you explain why you don' believe in god? did something bad happen? are you jewish?

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old comment by moonbiter

I can't speak for all atheists, but for me it was because I thought about it and couldn't see any reason to believe in God.
Every time people use God to explain things it either: 1) doesn't explain anything (how did the universe start), 2) gives an answer that we have no reason to believe in beyond wishful thinking (life after death), 3) or can be explained more simply by natural processes (lightning, evolution). But that's just me. I've run into this question before: did something bad happen [to turn you against God]? It is amazing the look of incomprehension you get when you try to explain "No I don't hate God, I simply don't believe in him/her/it." Or, rather, it was amazing to me at the time. After reading so many of the things Fundies say (and apparently believe) on this site, it doesn't surprise me anymore.

old comment by Mr. Turquoise

Actually rosie, a far better goal is to educate those people who show an interest in learning. I really don't think it's a good thing to validate the (false) notion that atheists are elitist assholes, which BTW was implied by another fundie on the thread in question, by making fun of someone who seems to really want answers, but is unable to understand "big" words. Some good answers have been posted at the forum in question, but there are also the same old fundie faithfuls painting atheists with their cartoon brushes (in fact, the thread has been hijacked and jesus_has_risened looks to have been scared off...). Do we really need to be fighting on 2 fronts here? My personal hope is that by learning a little about atheism, at least a few fundies will actually stop thinking we are all unhappy, angry Satan worshippers. I think the odd "for god" talk is a small price to pay for that.
Mr. Turquoise

old comment by Mr. Turquoise

rosie, I was kinda hoping that you weren't being serious. I apologise for singling your comment out...but for some reason, it struck a nerve.
The thing that pushed me away from Catholicism was that when I started asking questions like this, I was essentially told to stop asking questions. It'd be a real shame if jesus_has_risened were to find his/her way here and see atheists making jokes about his/her ignorance (and from what I've seen, there are plenty of people over at Unchained Radio who would happily send him/her here), particularly if that puts him/her off asking more questions. I think that when someone asks honest questions about atheism, or evolution, or anything that falls outside of thier faith "bubble", we have a responsibility to answer in terms they can understand - if we don't, you know that there will be a fundie who will, and those answers will only validate their ignorance. For the record, I am actually trying to engage jesus_has_risened in conversation to help him/her get the answers to those and other questions. Now, can we get back to mocking the fundies that really need to be mocked (like the geocentrist further down the page...)? Mr. Turquoise

old comment by pulsusego

these are going to all be answered shortly and sweetly so you can understand them;

'How come atheists do not believe in god?'

because we don't, and that's our choice, not yours. :)

'I do not understand how you can feel like this.'

probabaly because your not open minded.

'I have atheist neighbors but i cna't talk to them'

kind of explained in your grammar...

' I want to talk to them for god oneday but I need to understand them more. '

again, it's not your choice for them to beleive what they do, and if you don't already, you probabaly won't period.

'can you explain why you don' believe in god? '

read answer #1.

'did something bad happen?'

no, why? you? what is this supposed to be related us 'converting'? i honestly don't see how.

'are you jewish?'

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHhahahahahahHAHAHAHAhahahaha...hahahaaa....hahaa....hahaha...haa......ha........... and this is why no one respects you ;)

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