Why do atheists dwell on things that they don't believe in?

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Vlog without a voice. The text is a little funny because I just pulled it from my text-to-speech script, so there's some funny spelling and punctuation.

http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php

it was actually quite tedious - a whole lot of copy-paste-render-save-repeat, there should be easier ways.

see also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4fQA9mt-Mg

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[degaussingthegodhead]

This is my problem with Abrahamic religions. When you are a person of faith in Yahweh or Allah there seems to be this issue of self worth. "I am dust before you" is a line that has always bothered me. I feel much more comfortable having faith in my fellow man than in a deity I cannot empirically prove to exist.

[RabidApe]

ACT 1:18: "Now this man (Judas) purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out."

MAT 27:5-7: "And he (Judas) cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests...bought with them the potter's field."

[Bramak17]

Well said

[YoBravaFrumAnuvaMuva]

Practice what you preach and keep your beliefs to yourself. Religious people could use your same argument for preaching their beliefs.

Also, your "morality" is mere opinion and conjecture; a religion. You speak of morals without providing evidence for why anyone should even follow a moral code.

Should I care about mankind? Prove it! Otherwise, you base it off of feelings, putting yourself on par with the religious. Of course, narcissism keeps atheists from acknowledging this obvious fact!

[monkeytube138]

@eatcaca2012 Argh... no, incorrect, and why people have so much trouble with this idea is beyond me. Atheists don't believe in deities. That's it. That's all. If it's anything else, it's a trait beyond atheism, which is barely a trait as it is. There is no behaviour required, no prerequisite stances on any other claim at all. It's not necessary that an atheist be materialist, or naturalist, or nihilist, nor skeptically or logically minded. Nor is it required that we fight religion.

[eatcaca2012]

ok steven hawkings, let me put it simple for you.

atheists fight religious sheep who try to force their beliefs on other people.

and please dont reply with some cheesy bible quote. try to come up with something original.if its possible

[ksmartialarts]

@RabidApe As it applies to this video, we could go far more basic with the contradictions in the Christian holy book.

For example... The ordinary, normal, HUMAN men who wrote the books that other ordinary, normal, human men would VOTE on to become "The Bible," imagined an unchanging god. They also wrote of fables where the god hands down an absolute command of "don't kill." They also wrote fables where the god hands down commands TO kill (and even helps out from time to time).

[bencamp18]

"If people could truly keep their beliefs to themselves, we would not have a problem." You just answered your own question. The reason that Atheists are lashing out and bombarding the internet with their point of view is because theists (specifically Christians) have been shoving their point of view down everyone's throat for many centuries. And they continue to press their agendas in our courts, schools, and media. And even on the front doorsteps of our homes. Completely unsolicited, daily.

[omnigear1975]

calling out a fraud is what they do best.

[Albtraumen]

I think you have the shoe on the wrong foot. I have people knocking on my door, urging me to go to church. I don't say, "Hi, I'm an atheist." The theists keep getting in my face and I keep pushing back. Easy enough to figure out.

[twholland1]

Well said, but you should have waited until you could read it yourself though because listening to MS Sam's voice as a big red text band goes flying by is quite irritating.