I do not care about the nuances of Atheism or your particular Beliefs, I merely wished to point out that I found this particular post/thread to be full of inconsistent ideas and an unsupportable argument due to its self destructive and contradictory nature.
This amused me and I felt like commenting.
"Atheism is the position that deities do not exist, or the rejection of theism. In the broadest sense, it is the absence of belief in the existence of deities"
A common representation of the Atheist beliefs, no?
I simply hold that the common definition of Atheism is a system of belief that rejects other systems of belief, how exactly this is of benefit to anyone I have no idea and little incentive to care.
It would appear to me that Atheism, which is so commonly adopted by people who feel that they get some satisfaction from challenging established systems of belief, be those religious or Governmental, is a useless belief system.
But then I would hold that the majority of people in the world could be considered "useless" not excluding myself.
If my broad perception of your beliefs causes you to "feel the need to elucidate some of the basic nuances of atheism." then how can you stand in judgement of people who believe in a differing doctrine having the same needs.
If you do not then we are in agreement over the nature of this thread. However the person who started this thread was the subject/focus of my comments and my interest lay exclusively in commenting on HIS comment.
If you are distressed by the perceived incorrect comprehension of your idea of Atheism then perhaps it is time for you to consider that many others be they Christian, Muslim or Hindu may feel that their particular definition of their beliefs has been represented poorly by the common knowledge of society? Perhaps you can find empathy in yourself with the common plight of the people who are not understood and criticized on forums like these every day?
Perhaps people could stop before making Judgmental defensive posts such as the one at the head of this thread and take into account how their words may make people feel.
On the other hand people could continue to reinforce my negative skeptical view that they are simply making aggressive statements that provoke anger and negative feelings in others because they are utterly self involved and couldn't give a shit how what they say might affect other people.
That goes to the Atheists who pass judgement on the Christians as much as the Christians who shout fire and brimstone at the Atheists.
In my experience however the extremist Christians are far and few between and unless i seek them out I have no contact with them. On the other hand the sheer number of aggressive angry Atheists who express their Judgement on Christians for the very thing they are doing themselves seems apparent to me.
Just because your own beliefs do not offend you do not assume that they are not hurtful to people who find solace in their beliefs.
Commonly however the arguments seem to come from Atheists that they are angry at or against certain beliefs because of the harm that they do. I would say that Atheism has caused no more or less harm to people than any other Belief system as the People who use others Beliefs to cause harm are the real threat.
People are the cause of suffering on people, NOT Christianity NOT the Muslim faith and NOT Atheism.
