What us atheists objective

Yazata said:
I was referring to those atheists out there who feel some drive to convert the world to atheism, to condemn and discredit theism (and often 'religion' more broadly) and maybe even to make those obscurantist abominations finally disappear. Some become activists in that cause.

We can find similar evangelical personalities among Christians (missionaries almost paradigmatically fit that description), among socialists, or whatever it might happen to be.

My suspicion is that it might have more to do with personality types than with whatever the particular cause is, though some causes do seem to lend themselves to militancy much more than others.

Atheism seems pretty benign in that regard. Christianity has a much worse record. In reality, atheism is probably closer to herding cats than it is to a mass social-change movement.
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I've never encountered an atheist who made it their business to convert people to atheism. Condemning and discrediting theism isn't a mark of militancy, it is (at least in this context) a defense mechanism against the proliferation of religious dogma in society, whether that's government or the creation and enforcement of social taboos.

Nor is being passionate a mark of militancy. I think this is where your confusion lies.
 
Balerion said:
I've never encountered an atheist who made it their business to convert people to atheism. Condemning and discrediting theism isn't a mark of militancy, it is (at least in this context) a defense mechanism against the proliferation of religious dogma in society, whether that's government or the creation and enforcement of social taboos.

Nor is being passionate a mark of militancy. I think this is where your confusion lies.
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I said before you are an empty drum that resonate constantly.

Have you seen the advertisement there were 8 of them.

I am dumb enough to reply to your posting , but this is the last one .
 
Balerion said:
I've never encountered an atheist who made it their business to convert people to atheism. Condemning and discrediting theism isn't a mark of militancy, it is (at least in this context) a defense mechanism against the proliferation of religious dogma in society, whether that's government or the creation and enforcement of social taboos.

Nor is being passionate a mark of militancy. I think this is where your confusion lies.
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You have now met an atheist who makes it his business to convert people to atheism. That is because I believe that rational thinking leads to atheism, and that rational thinking is vital to a functioning human society. Faith is a virus of the mind that people can be talked out of. Faith leads to decisions that are not based on reality and therefore result in negative consequences. If rational thinking led to theism, I would probably feel the same way about theism.
 
Balerion said:
I've never encountered an atheist who made it their business to convert people to atheism. Condemning and discrediting theism isn't a mark of militancy, it is (at least in this context) a defense mechanism against the proliferation of religious dogma in society, whether that's government or the creation and enforcement of social taboos.
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What's wrong with social taboos? Or do you like bestiality, incest, ... other taboos too horrible to name?
 
andy1033 said:
Atheists would not even be anywhere close to what they are without mind control techs that can send out microwaves to prohibit humans brains.

Turning of brain receptors in all people in nato is cheating, and does not prove atheists right. It just proves that religions are right.

Atheists really are morons.
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Unfortunately, the manufacturers of tinfoil are our greatest enemy.
 
Mazulu said:
What's wrong with social taboos? Or do you like bestiality, incest, ... other taboos too horrible to name?
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Please try reading what I write before responding from now on.

I don't have a problem with social taboos as a general concept, and certainly don't have a problem with bestiality and incest being taboo (not that either of them require religion to be taboo). I have a problem with religion being the cause of a social taboo. Like divorce, for example.
 
spidergoat said:
You have now met an atheist who makes it his business to convert people to atheism. That is because I believe that rational thinking leads to atheism, and that rational thinking is vital to a functioning human society. Faith is a virus of the mind that people can be talked out of. Faith leads to decisions that are not based on reality and therefore result in negative consequences. If rational thinking led to theism, I would probably feel the same way about theism.
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And how does that manifest? I've never noticed that aspect of you on these forums.
 
Well...it's almost time to leave for East Texas for Thanksgiving..so I don't have time for a long response. Just one question for our Christian friends. How many strangers did you invite into your house and feed this week? This atheist fed one 21 year old from New Orleans who knocked on my door trying to sell me something, and hadn't eaten all day.

Be EXCELLENT to each other, and party on dude.
 
MacGyver1968 said:
Well...it's almost time to leave for East Texas for Thanksgiving..so I don't have time for a long response. Just one question for our Christian friends. How many strangers did you invite into your house and feed this week? This atheist fed one 21 year old from New Orleans who knocked on my door trying to sell me something, and hadn't eaten all day.

Be EXCELLENT to each other, and party on dude.
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Happy Turkey Day!
 
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