As a 30+ year atheist, I am truly sorry for the unwarranted attacks by other nonbelievers on the Christians that they meet. I have noticed the one-sided increase in such comments recently as well.
I've found that such attacks reveal truly antisocial attitudes. After all, the Golden Rule (do unto others as you would have them do unto you) exists both in Judeo-Christian tradition and outside of it. Being non-civil is a personal choice, not a requirement of being a nonbeliever.
I know that this exists to some extent across all groups, but atheists seem to be one of two belief groups in the modern world that regularly attack others because they can't stand to co-exist with people who don't believe as they do. Such is the heritage of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, who instead of working to help both believers and nonbelievers to understand and respect each other, instead used her position as "atheist leader" to attack all representations of Christianity and try to force it out of the way so that she would never have to look at it again. If there is a hell, I'd be happy to hear that that witch is burning there.
To my co-nonbelievers, when Bill-of-Rights says "blessings" or some other Christian uses other religious language, it make life much easier if you don't feel the need to shove it down their throats. They virtually always mean well, even if they are saying something that you don't believe in. Take it in the spirit it was intended and both your life and theirs will be much better.
The U.S. will never be a society with a single religious belief, unless some group is successful at intimidating all of the others into submission. I hope that day never comes. It would be so much better if everyone could allow for others to have different beliefs and not have to impose their own. Feel free to explain your point of view if/when the discussion comes up, but there is no need to attack the other's views.
Obama's well-known exhortation to his supporters to "get in their face" was not an example of either respect or bipartisanship. It was an example of intolerance and an attempt to control via intimidation. This is not an example that should be followed by atheists either.
I've found that such attacks reveal truly antisocial attitudes. After all, the Golden Rule (do unto others as you would have them do unto you) exists both in Judeo-Christian tradition and outside of it. Being non-civil is a personal choice, not a requirement of being a nonbeliever.
I know that this exists to some extent across all groups, but atheists seem to be one of two belief groups in the modern world that regularly attack others because they can't stand to co-exist with people who don't believe as they do. Such is the heritage of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, who instead of working to help both believers and nonbelievers to understand and respect each other, instead used her position as "atheist leader" to attack all representations of Christianity and try to force it out of the way so that she would never have to look at it again. If there is a hell, I'd be happy to hear that that witch is burning there.
To my co-nonbelievers, when Bill-of-Rights says "blessings" or some other Christian uses other religious language, it make life much easier if you don't feel the need to shove it down their throats. They virtually always mean well, even if they are saying something that you don't believe in. Take it in the spirit it was intended and both your life and theirs will be much better.
The U.S. will never be a society with a single religious belief, unless some group is successful at intimidating all of the others into submission. I hope that day never comes. It would be so much better if everyone could allow for others to have different beliefs and not have to impose their own. Feel free to explain your point of view if/when the discussion comes up, but there is no need to attack the other's views.
Obama's well-known exhortation to his supporters to "get in their face" was not an example of either respect or bipartisanship. It was an example of intolerance and an attempt to control via intimidation. This is not an example that should be followed by atheists either.
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