Is it normal To be an atheist and shy to talk about Christian beliefs?

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  • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
    11 years ago | pl

    Maybe it's because assuming people are "idiots" for not believing what you believe ... is usually a bad way to start conversations.

    Not to mention it's just as bad as those who try to shove their religions down other people's throats.

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    • GeorgeMcBob
      11 years ago | pl

      I never said they are idiots, I said that their beliefs are idiotic. Not the same thing.

      It's a great tragedy that in the 21st century, with all the knowledge in the world easily available to us, there are still intelligent people who have idiotic beliefs.

      I think most religious people secretly know that their beliefs are a bit nonsensical, but they've had those beliefs beaten into them as children or peddled to them like McFries as adults. They're to scared to think, because "God hates questioning curiosity" and "God loves unquestioning faith"

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      • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
        11 years ago | pl

        actually... no.

        but many people will make such comments in order to "prove" that their own faith - or lack of - is correct

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        • GeorgeMcBob
          11 years ago | pl

          Just remember - we are all born atheists. Nobody's taught about God by God. We're all taught by people who were taught by people.

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          • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
            11 years ago | pl

            we're also born not knowing about science too.

            although if you think about it, many scientific "facts" are often believed on the basis that you think someone else proved it, without actually investigating it by oneself.

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            • GeorgeMcBob
              11 years ago | pl

              Yes, but the fact is that they HAVE been proven by someone. If science isn't 100% repeatable, objective and logically sound, it would never get published. Unlike every religious text.

              Ultimately we have to believe what somebody else said about 99% of the things we know. Personally, I'd rather believe someone with a PhD than someone who heard voices in his head.

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