[QUOTE="TacticalDesire"][QUOTE="the_plan_man"] That guy is hillarious, and pin-points exactly the kind of BS I see from atheists all over this board. I'm truly astounded by the amount of time and energy people who are "atheists" spend thinking about a god they say doesn't exist. If god truly didn't exist, and they knew it, there would be an "Atheism Union" for people to spend countless hours on discussing how they DON'T believe in something, there wouldn't be a user named "Rational Atheist" who spends all his waking day on the internet trying to promote "rationality." And there sure as **** wouldn't be pompous pricks parading around the internet trying to "convert" believers. It's kind of like if someone created a "Fringe fanclub" and then an opposite group created a "We don't watch Fringe fanclub" and talk about how much Fringe blows, but spend countless hours reviewing episodes to say why they hate it, and get people to stop watching it. I don't think there even should be the term "atheist" that people can label themselves with, and put themselves in a nice little "community." There should just be religious people and non-religious people, Christians and non-Christians. And if someone doesn't like our philosophy, then they can f*** off.
the_plan_man
It's a belief system so its not exactly that surprising that you see that kind of behavior. First of all in reality you don't see atheists trying to persuade believers all the time, it's a far less common occurence when compared to believers trying to spread their beliefs.
Is it? I see all the time irreligious people trying to "spread the word" of why we shouldn't believe...and the number seems to be growing larger every day. Atheism may not technically be a "religion," but it is a religious belief full of people who are just as militant, closed-minded, and intolerant as their religious counter-parts. While there may be a few exceptions, the majority of the ones I see are not.It is definitely a belief, and your assessment is somewhat fair. I mean the only argument for atheism is that they sometimes have more solid facts behind their belief, or lack thereof, but that is going down a totally separate path.
And really, being an agnostic is probably the most logical belief there is, because guess what, even people who believe one way or another cannot be truly sure. I suppose though, that agnosticism is unsettling for alot of people, so most choose to take up a faith to comfort them, and a smaller number decide to renounce religion altogether, which is still probably more comforting than being an agnostic.
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