Author Topic: Atheist found to be most despised, research finds (Read 6434 times)

Barton · « **on:** November 01, 2012, 07:33:18 PM »

http://atheism.about.com/od/atheistbigotryprejudice/a/AtheistSurveys.htm

I was surprised. Hate towards atheism never really blipped on my radar, and I thought Muslims would be the minority group most despised in America, due to 9/11.

yahoo · « **Reply #1 on:** November 01, 2012, 08:48:20 PM »

if you remember the movie Contact there was a panel who interviewed candidates bout their qualification. One intriguing question was bout belief in God which i say is a bit intriguing.

Barton · « **Reply #2 on:** November 01, 2012, 08:51:07 PM »

I never have seen that movie.

yahoo · « **Reply #3 on:** November 01, 2012, 09:05:45 PM »

its an old movie but a classic. Its not the typical scifi movie.
Its based on a book written by the late Carl Sagan.

fdrjk · « **Reply #4 on:** November 02, 2012, 04:05:55 AM »

Does that include agnostics?

Mammal · « **Reply #5 on:** September 29, 2021, 09:44:54 PM »

The thing with us Atheists is that we really don't care what any poll says.

We just get on with our lives, living, loving, and trying to be good in the way that nature intended us to be, without needing any religious doctrine to pull our puppet strings.

Mammal · « **Reply #6 on:** October 08, 2021, 07:01:23 PM »

Quote from: Barton on November 01, 2012, 07:33:18 PM

I was surprised. Hate towards atheism never really blipped on my radar, and I thought Muslims would be the minority group most despised in America, due to 9/11.

As an Atheist I can say that I have never experienced any real "hate" for my belief at all.

In my experience it is religion, not the lack of it, that inspires hatred.

haunted · « **Reply #7 on:** October 08, 2021, 08:57:53 PM »

Quote from: Mammal on October 08, 2021, 07:01:23 PM

As an Atheist I can say that I have never experienced any real "hate" for my belief at all.

In my experience it is religion, not the lack of it, that inspires hatred.

As a supporter of ________ I have never experienced any real "hate" at all.

In my experience it is _________ that inspires hatred against my __________.

Mammal · « **Reply #8 on:** October 08, 2021, 09:20:30 PM »

Mammal · « **Reply #9 on:** October 13, 2021, 07:21:27 PM »

Besides, I'm an atheist and everyone here still loves me anyway.

Also the good thing about atheism is that you're working from a blank slate. You don't have any religious doctrine to bias you. You can see the whole picture as if looking at it from a distance without your Bible or Torah or anything else clouding your vision.

And believe it or not sometimes we atheists do pick up on little pieces of religious doctrine that we find helpful and weave them into our lives. A simple example of this would be the Biblical commandment to not steal or kill.

Importantly, we do not "hate" god or religion, we just don't believe in it

Sgt. Dick · « **Reply #10 on:** October 13, 2021, 07:49:01 PM »

Quote from: Mammal on October 13, 2021, 07:21:27 PM

Besides, I'm an atheist and everyone here still loves me anyway.

That's debatable

Quote from: Mammal on October 13, 2021, 07:21:27 PM

Also the good thing about atheism is that you're working from a blank slate.

Some of the things you say definitely make believe that you are working with a blank slate.

Quote from: Mammal on October 13, 2021, 07:21:27 PM

Importantly, we do not "hate" god or religion, we just don't believe in it

Great subject closed. You do your thing and let others do theirs.

Mammal · « **Reply #11 on:** October 13, 2021, 08:05:40 PM »

Yep, I am happy to do my thing and let other folks do theirs.

Considering the history of religion, are you?

haunted · « **Reply #12 on:** October 13, 2021, 08:44:57 PM »

Mammal · « **Reply #13 on:** October 13, 2021, 10:45:36 PM »

No, I really want to discuss the God who slaughters entire nations, crucifies his only son, and likes the smell of animals burning on the alter.

But thanks for asking

Mammal · « **Reply #14 on:** October 13, 2021, 10:46:39 PM »

I'm not holding my breath for someone to come around and talk to me about that.

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