They definitely have fewer than Christians do.
In what way?
Before you answer, give
this article a read.
I was just saying under this particular situation.
What moral issues are there in this particular situation, other than divorce, which I've shown is lower?
I guess since I'm in the subject, I can give what I see from atheists
What "you see" is limited to the "vocal minority", and probably subject to
confirmation biasthis community, the Internet
This community (at least the active forumers) is an atheist majority. The internet in general is, if not majority atheist, considerably higher percentage that the general population. This makes the number of individuals in the "vocal minority" even higher, and thus, more apparent.
and at school
Public primary/secondary schools are notorious for being filled with rude children who bully the hell out of everyone for the littlest of things. If you go to college, practically every complaint you could have about the students will be nonexistant (at least it was for me)
1. They don't have acceptance for people with beliefs (bullying, trolling, arguments, etc).
2. Science rules their views of life and the universe.
3. The extremists stand out more than the majority (same way for religion).
1. You refuted this point for me in statement 3. I, and most people, don't give a single forget what people believe, until they start pushing it into politics, education, etc; ways that affect me or other people.
2. Scientific viewpoints have nothing to do with morality, and scientific views are not specific to atheism: there are plenty of religious people with a full understanding of evolution, the big bang, etc.
3. There are considerably more extremists among religious groups than there are nonreligious groups. The problem is that online communities mostly consist of the younger generation, and that generation has an
enormously higher percentage of atheists, so you notice them more.
1. They are overbearing and chase others down to push them into their own circle.
2. They are too "good", since many don't swear often, believe in abstinence, stay away from drugs, don't drink or smoke underaged, etc.
3. They tend to be more close knit than other groups (mainly because their aren't as many self-proclaimed atheist or anti-religion groups) with churches, house groups, friend circles, etc.
1. I don't think bullying of religious people (at least the Christian majority) happens all that much, I've
never seen it happen (I exclude online interactions in statements like this, because people say and do all sorts of things when they can hide behind a mask of anonymity). But I've seen a
ton of it from religious groups towards atheists. I bus through downtown Minneapolis a lot, and during the summer months, at least once a week I see some street corner preacher yelling at everyone that they're going to hell. Certianly this isn't a reflection of all religious people, but it's a
hell of a lot more prevalent that the equivalent behavior from atheists. The most I've
ever seen from atheists in a real life setting is a picture I saw online of a billboard or something like that that said something along the lines of "There might not be a God, so relax"
For all my life I was dragged along to church with my extended family during holidays, but last Easter I decided that as an adult, I had the freedom not to. My grandma was upset, but everyone else didn't care; they could probably figure out why, since even as a child I was never really interested in any of it. But this year, Easter is just me, my mom, and my grandma, and if I skip church she'll probably bitch me out, and if I tell her why I didn't want to go, she'll bitch me out even more. I have never seen this type of behavior from atheists (again, as I mentioned, excluding online interactions).
2. The link I posted at the beginning of my post addresses this statement.
3. I don't see why this is a rational reason to hate a group?
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