Why are many atheists so angry?

Do you consider that Rev Martin Luther King was judging White folks when he merely spoke out the truth?

What Is see is people, like you here, judging that the person receiving Welfare is the evil doer, not the evil System that encourages fatherless bastards out-of-wedlock and child abuse for the kids in that System.

 

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Is it your contention that Religion is NOT about Sexual Prudence and the preaching against sexual immorality?

Are YOU unaware of the Mormon opposition to Homosexual Marriage in California was the major force in preventing legislation there?
Is it NOT the churches which oppose Abortion?
Isn't it the whole 1 billion strong Catholic Church that resists Obamacare Contraceptive Health Insurance Policies?

 

I believe YOUR religion is about sexuality.

 

I don't know, nor really care. I do care about religious types, christians specifically, judging everyone else, when jesus speciifically told them not to.

 

Right,...

That was my point: "Why are many atheists so angry? "

Atheists wear the shoe which fits the intentional and willingly sexually immoral person.
They get angry because once, the almost universal Christianity in America had socially and culturally repressed Abortions, Sodomy, Divorce, pre-marital sex, public nakedness, etc.

No one likes rules and social forces that oppose what they want to do, whether it hurts others or not.
They just want what they want.
They get angry when deprived by others in a society from getting it.

Simple.

 

Like theists, most atheists are quiet, unassuming people who mind their own business. IMO, it's the small percentage of loud-mouths with a chip on their shoulder who make all the noise regardless if they are theists or atheists. Those people have personality flaw which manifests itself with anger and hate.

 

This is social liberalism, not atheism! Hint, just because they both end in "ism", does not make the m the same!

And buddy, if a section of society gets angry because another section wants to tell them what they can and connot do in their bedrroms, then you should not be surprised...

 

Just because YOUR view of religion is so deeply concerned with what people do sexually does not mean that ALL religion is about that, or even that it is the focus of ANY major religion.

Personally, I was under the impression that Christianity was about trying to follow the teachings of Christ.

 

That is my impression as well. Obviously by the conduct of some self-avowed Christians, they talk the talk,but don't walk the walk. Certainly not following in the footsteps of Christ.

 

Leniency in the parole system if the prisoners show that they are trying to improve themselves. Being saved is a good way to show you are trying to improve yourself.

I doubt that most of those criminals were very devout Christians before being imprisoned.

 

A modified "No True Scotsman" response.

 

Cynicism aside, most criminals obviously have flawed, unhappy lives. Finding religion can ease their suffering as it has for many others. If it helps them straighten their lives out, that's good, isn't it?

 

So the people who don't use birth control are the ones having kids out of wedlock?
The religion that makes up the smallest percent of our prison population are the immoral ones?
Do you realize the god of the bible is the original deadbeat dad? Got Mary pregnant without even so much as a promise ring. A real 1 night stand kind of guy. Then there is the whole "Why have you forsaken me?" thing. Had a kid just to sacrifice it to a bunch of primates.

 

The culture which raises all the adolescents to spent 14 years being sexually active before marriage now on average around age 26 is what is causing 1.5 million annual kids out of wedlock plus 1.2 million who are aborted.

That culture suggests that sex can be safe if the adolescents will just get educated about how to change these gigantic numbers, which, together, dwarf the 1.5 million legitimate babies born every year.
But as bad a Public Education, K-12, is today, it is no mystery that 1.2 million abortions have occurred EVERY year, year in, year out, since 1972, (Roe VS Wade).

The real Sex Education is by example of the older siblings, the general shameless acceptance of sexual behaviors by the parents, and the profiteers and sex drives unleashed without bounds by everyone.

 

For my part--not strictly an atheist, but highly skeptical--I have no quarrel with the faithful precisely up until the point that their faith intersects with my life, particularly as regards my government. I think religion is pretty silly, but if it pleases you to believe in the silly then who am I to stand in your way? I just wish the faithful would return the favor. This is what I call "the arrogance of faith" and if it didn't exist, you'd hear nary a peep our of me.

 

I think we should train the chupacabras to serve in our military--they would make great soldiers, don't you think?

 

What then, would be your suggestion(s) to remedy the situation...rather than complaining about it?

Please do not recommend abstinence, as it is not a viable solution.

 

What I don't like and what is part of most religion is that they promote faith over reason and evidence (= they make people ignorant).

What I especially hate when religious people indoctrinate children by faith, when they scare children by hell, when they make children feel that they are completely worthless for any imperfection they have, when religion promotes hating some group of people without any good reason or tries to make people feel guilty without any good reason.

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Well, if you had fallen for a lot of con-men, wouldn't you be angry? Fundamentalism is so totally dishonest that it is bound to produce rage in its victims, surely?

 

This seems to make sense, until you see the results of studies that preclude prison conversions. The religious are incarcerated at much higher rates than their "morally bankrupt" atheist peers.

 

Atheists enjoy tearing down other faiths because misery loves company.

 

The religious also live longer...on average... than those who do not regularly attend church.

How about a more recent article...June of 2013

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...-finds-Christians-tweet-happily-analytically-

That's the numbers....
an extrapolation can therefore be derived...that on average...athests live shorter, unhappier lives than the faithful who regularly attend church....or at least consider themselves spiritual.

Misery loves company is appropos, given the statistical correlations which identify the atheist...as leading a shorter...less happy life...on average in comparison to more spiritual individuals.


Intellectual laziness appears to be another attribute of the atheist....


The defense rests....

 

Misery loves company.

source: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200303/misery-loves-company

The key here...is to avoid the contagion of atheism...if you want to lead a happier...longer life.

Misery loves company...indeed.

 

You were doing pretty well, actually backing up your points with research, until you decided to just fart out that unsubstantiated bigotry. Shame, but the amusing irony is not lost on me.

 

My point was, that the social connectivity associated with organized religion...is beneficial.

Not implying an atheist doesn't have avenues for this, but research shows...in expressing themselves at least in the form of Twitter, they exhibit less social connectivity...more isolation.

Isolation breeds contempt, would you not agree?

If an atheist has a full rich life...outside of spirtuality...why bother trying to convince others that having spirituality is a waste of time. The argument that religion has undue control over the lives of the average citizen..I don't agree with that...our government is far more interferal than religion...yes some people vote by their religious beliefs...well my response is...some people vote for the color of the candidate's skin...or the shape of a candidate's nose...there is nothing "illegal" about voting for whatever reason you want...on any issue...or being influenced by religious beliefs to vote a certain way or have an opinion on certain issues.


As I was saying...calling a post "dumb" without deconstructing the reason for thinking it's dumb...is dumb.