The problem with religions can be equated with the recent gay movement. I don't care what you believe in or do behind closed doors, just keep that shit out of my face. Problem is religious freaks are all around pushing their beliefs on you, just as gays are everywhere in the media showing off. How many reality shows now have at least one gay person on it? Every one. They try to cover all demographics by having all whites, one black, maybe one asian and a gay person.
Do what you want, believe what you want, but don't try to convince me that what you do is better than what I do. There's not such thing as an intelligent debate on religion with religious people. All they do is get angry and spout hate at you and really have nothing to back them up other than a book written by people years after events supposedly happened.
Have you seen all of the lovely rhetoric coming from the non-believers, here? In fact, just recently, another non-believer said something similar, regarding how people of faith can't seem to have a conversation without "insults". When I kindly reminded him of an insult he hurled at me, he changed his tune somewhat.
Many atheists here have belittled, insulted, called people names, cursed at others with religious belief, etc. But, when their targets don't whimper away and hit them with some criticism regarding their statements, they tend to get a bit sensitive about it.
Look at folks like STella. Has she been angry or spouted hate at you or any other skeptic/atheist here, despite some of the less-than-friendly barbs thrown her way, regarding her faith?
How did christianity and islam get so big anyways? From love? From talking? Neither, from war. They invaded villages, cities, countries and forced it on you. Believe or we'll kill you. Nice fucking faiths.
It appears you forget how the Christian faith got its roots and what they endured, during the Roman empire. And, I wouldn't harp on the war stuff if I were you. Or, must you be reminded of the atheistic regime that have piled up bodies by the MILLIONS (in a far shorter period of time) that religious wars couldn't match, if they were continued to this very day.
The worst part is 90% of what religions preach today isn't what was originated but was adopted over time. Rituals like praying, using prayer beads, having odd ceremonies. Christians and muslims can't even agree within their own religion. Southern baptists differ from catholics who differ from protestants etc...
Even politics today mirror what religion has been doing for years. Having you follow from fear and not belief. Fear the gov, fear the terrorist, fear this, fear that. Americans are scared of their own fucking shadow today, just like the average religious freak is. They are afraid of God, afraid of the devil. Scared to do anything that will not grant them in a place like heaven. A place that no one has ever proved exists.
Shame on everyone.
Now, this is funny!! What then are we to make of the atheist "freak", who wets his pants, when he sees a cross at a cemetery? Who has a fit when a kid a school DARES to mention Jesus Christ during the Christmas season? Or some goof who sues about our nation's Pledge of Allegiance, on behalf of his daughter (of whom he doesn't even have sufficient custody and who, along with her mother, is a Christian anyway)? Or those bastions of security who sues over the name of a city, that happens to be named after three crosses?
Atheists continue to blubber (even though they supposedly won some 1,977 years ago) about someone they claim doesn't exist. And the Christians are the crazy ones?
