interesting
"The good people of this fine land we call America might be divided politically, but according to one new survey, they stand strong about one thing: Americans hate atheists. That's correct, much more than gays, Muslims, Jews and any other minority or classifying characteristic that's normally hated on, it's atheists that somehow come up as the most disliked.
To this, allow us to ask: Why?
Firstly, we'll start with the caveat of we have zero problem with religion, people practicing their religion and so forth. However, it strikes us as bizarre, even oxymoronic, that those who do believe in a God possess such rancor toward those who choose not to. What does it matter to you? Is there some traumatic experience in your past that makes you loathe those who don't believe in God? Has an atheist Witness ever knocked on your door while the big game was on? Has a born-again atheist yapped in your ear on the train for a half-hour trying to talk you into joining their church?
And come to think of it, hasn't just about every war over the last say, 5,000 years, been sparked by religion in some way, shape or form?
Again, religion is fine. Hating those without one is not."
To this, allow us to ask: Why?
Firstly, we'll start with the caveat of we have zero problem with religion, people practicing their religion and so forth. However, it strikes us as bizarre, even oxymoronic, that those who do believe in a God possess such rancor toward those who choose not to. What does it matter to you? Is there some traumatic experience in your past that makes you loathe those who don't believe in God? Has an atheist Witness ever knocked on your door while the big game was on? Has a born-again atheist yapped in your ear on the train for a half-hour trying to talk you into joining their church?
And come to think of it, hasn't just about every war over the last say, 5,000 years, been sparked by religion in some way, shape or form?
Again, religion is fine. Hating those without one is not."