Belief in God in U.S. Dips to 81%, a New Low
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Anonymous
Wow... wow wow wow... not sure how to process that. Is that really "belief" then? |
Anonymous
If you think someone is listening, then It's a belief. But maybe not a religious belief - just a hope |
Anonymous
If you think flogging your atheism on every single thread will convert anybody to atheism, it’s just a hope, a doomed hope, because it backfires. You just don’t get how people process your atheist proselytizing, even when you leave out the snark. Let people come to their own conclusions. |
Anonymous
Lol... you remain so funny, and so blind to the irony of your posts. Please keep posting like this, you are the best advocate for non-belief that I can imagine. |
Anonymous
Loser |
Anonymous
Ha! Just awesome, you are just awesome. |
Anonymous
I wouldn't go that far. There are many reasons not to believe. But believer pp certainly shows that belief in God doesn't make a person a credible example of the goodess of religion. |
Anonymous
| Maybe humans are becoming more free thinking/intelligent. |
Anonymous
Love the gotcha posts—you insult religion and then attack people for pointing that out. If you think nobody sees you, or that they think you’re older than 12, or that this persuades anybody to be atheist, you’re delusional. |
Anonymous
Some religious people think that simply expressing that there are many reasons not to believe in God is an attempt to persuade people to become atheist. Like pp above, they can be very insulting about it, thus not presenting a positive view of religious people. Meanwhile, people become atheists without any persuading and despite being told that they will burn for eternity for not being religious. |
Anonymous
Sounds like pp is actually an atheist - the bad kind - who doesn't realize that posing as a nasty religious person will not persuade people to consider becoming religious. Suggestion: Tone it down. You'll catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. Plus there is no indication that people become atheist via proselytizing. They get there via study, seeing a no benefit to being religious, or they're just born that way. |
Anonymous
No, I am attacking people for their hypocrisy, where pointing out the flaws in supernatural belief is "preaching" but expressing belief in them is completely acceptable self-expression. I don't like the phrase "gotcha", but if that is how you use it, then yes, I gotcha. |
Anonymous
Seems like no one needs to be persuaded to become atheist -- it just happens. Sometimes naturally, i.e., religion doesn't "take" or is never taught, and sometimes through study or realization later in life, e.g., reading the Bible or noticing the similarities in all religions, e.g., the need to have faith in order to believe. Some people may be naturally religious too -- just feeling that there is something out there, but organized religion involves teaching and prosetelization. |
Anonymous
Religious pp hates losing their preferred place in society where they get to criticize atheists but atheists don't dare to express their views. They miss the old days when religious people were completely in charge and atheists were portrayed as evil people. |
Anonymous
DP from the other pp who is pushing back in the childish gotcha games—and yes, you’re playing gotcha games. We all know that merely “expressing your views” isn’t what you’re doing here. You insult people and play little gotcha games. PP is right. You catch more flies with honey. Not by proselytizing obnoxiously for atheism on a mom’s website. |