INTOLERANCE AGAINST ATHEISTS

This is a response to the CNN segments about intolerance against Atheists.

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• Atheists
• believers
• religion
• evolution
• morality
• death

[Vanmeter815]

I mean helping the poor when everyone is going to die anyways? Seems pretty inconsistent. I'm sure people who happen to be atheists who spend their whole life helping the poor, they believe that they are actually truly doing something good. Maybe they haven't truly thought it over since they were probably too busy doing instead of thinking, =)

Not to disrespect the group individuals I am addressing.

Science is not a religion, naturalism is.

[baconeater]

Bats take care of their sick. They don't need a bible, it is an innate behavior, much like the urge most guys have when it comes to opening a door for an old lady.

If you want to reinvent the definition of religion, that is up to you, but atheists are generally "naturalists" and we don't pray to anyone and we don't take anything on faith.

[Vanmeter815]

Nevermind.

Please explain to me how atheism does not imply nihilism. Nihilism being defined as : a doctrine that denies any objective ground of truth and especially of moral truths.

The phylogenetic tree states that a pine tree, a whale, a sponge and a human share a common ancestor. I'm sorry if you can't see how that is quite unlikely, let alone the very first life form somehow evolving with no divine imperative. A grand Darwinian story of origins through and through seems like a fantasy.

[baconeater]

It isn't unlikely that humans and a sponge share a common ancestor. It is fact. You have a choice, and that is to brush up on what science is and what science knows, or deny it because you don't like the conclusions that you are making regarding humans.

[FSrevolution]

awesome thank-you for responding to that stupid preacher, GO CHIEFS!!!!

[Londron]

Proof that human by nature does good things:

Otherwise we wouldn't fucking be here /facepalm

[KMNfish]

Yes. I totally agree with you!!

[DahStranger]

I don't think bats would be caring animals, if they found out that the bible called them birds.

[Vanmeter815]

I do think it is safe to say that there are atheists out there who do with all their heart want to do the correct thing in all situations. I am not so quick to form an absolute judgment about all atheists just from my experience, I think it is always a better approach to treat people as individuals not groups.

Perhaps, but many people do seem heavily entrenched. You and others probably would shed old information for the new, but I would keep in mind that science changes and be openminded.

[hgryphon]

I am sorry that you have not met many moral atheists. Please acknowledge that you have only met the minority and they speak for all of us about as well as Fred Phelps speaks for all Christians.

As for the second paragraph, I'm afraid your concept is incorrect. We are not entrenched, we just haven't been presented with better information than what we have. When we have more accurate information, we will shed the old information immediately and embrace the new.

[Vanmeter815]

Not all atheists are immoral. I do not mean this as an insult in any way, but most of the atheists I meet are not moral people. That's just my personal experience. They are selfish and hedonistic most of the time. Maybe you are not that way.

Naturalism is a philosophy, but it is adhered to with intense fervor and acts basically the same way as a religion would about trying to provide answers as to what reality is and in level of entrenchment and devotion.

[baconeater]

Are chimps nihilists? Are they inconsistent when they care for their tribe members even though they have no bibles and to my knowledge, have no understanding of a God?