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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do people mock the beliefs of others? Because they need to feel superior. Because their identity is wrapped up in their own atheism or their own religion, and putting the "other" down is a psychological need. Because it's fun to troll on DCUM. [/quote]

You nailed it!

I am not able to fathom some of religious convictions of others and I am sure they are not able to fathom mine either. But the difference is that it would not cross my mind to disparage what someone else believes. I don't seek to persuade atheists to believe in God; I am perfectly content to let them believe whatever they choose to believe.

It is atheists who choose to put down the beliefs of others and you see it on this forum and elsewhere. Some of it is trolling ........ and some of it is for reasons that I cannot fathom.[/quote]+2.  I don't understand it either.  [/quote]

All atheists are the same, right?  That is your perspective.  My perspective is this.  The few people I know who claim to be "good" Christians have cheated on their spouse, used violence against people and lie.  I know a lot of atheists who are incredibly philanthropic, kind, honest and loving, which would be more in alignment with Christian morals than the ones claiming to be Christian.  I also know Christians who are good people and atheists who lack a moral compass.  You cannot generalize.  How do you know they are atheist?  I met a Christian once who told me that the good 'ol U.S.A. should just blow up Israel, because who needs the Jews anyway.  When I told him I am Jewish he said "oh, you don't look Jewish.  I guess you wouldn't understand then".  I know he was Christian because he liked to tell everyone.  [/quote]I don't believe the poster was referring in general to anyone specifically outside of this forum which is most definitely wrought with consistent disparging of religious believers or anything having to do with God/Christ.  Not to say that some religious proponents aren't over the top but the willful and mean spirited comments of people who profess a belief system that is contrary to non-religious beliefs in this forum can be vicious.  And all because you or whomever don't believe in a Deity thereby [b]relegating the believer as unreasonable and moronic (words I've seen repeatedly here).
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Live and let live.[/quote]That should be *willful and mean spirited comments TOWARDS people who profess a belief system....*[/quote]

They're not relegating anyone to anything.  They're expressing an opinion -- an opinion some don't like and many aren't used to hearing - because religion, especially Christianity, has been given an exalted place in our society - a sort of "no criticism" zone and a belief that people  would be better off if they were Christian.

That is finally changing - which is good,  just as it was good when women and blacks and other minority groups not longer accepted the exalted position Whites and men held in society.

Christians have been "knocking" the non-belief of atheists all along, assuming they have no morals, [b]denying them rights in some states and making it impossible for them to win elective office (if they are open about their non-brief)[/b]

It's not nice to call someone a "Moron." It's also not reasonable in a free society, to expect people outside the majority not to express their opinions or to have the same rights as other citizens. [/quote]

What? Please explain.[/quote]

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