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In reply to the discussion: Community Wants Atheist Santa Billboard Taken Down [View all]justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)isn't an atheists tendency to be vocal about what we think of religion, it's that theists see our outspokenness as an affront to their beliefs. It's not insulting to say we think that the Bible is a great work of fiction that was (and is) used for controlling the masses through fear or that people shouldn't believe in fairy tales. It's an opinion that people don't like to hear, so therefore, they label it insulting.
As an atheist, I'm happy for you to believe (or not believe) whatever you'd like but keep in mind, that to some of us that come from religious backgrounds, see the theist community filled with pride, vanity and hypocrisy when it comes to their religious beliefs. According to the Bible, one should not be boastful about their religious beliefs because it's tied up in those very sins: vanity, pride and often hypocrisy. I'm using words straight from the Bible by the way, so when we see this and point it out, though we're atheists, we're actually being good theists (according to the Bible). Again, that's not insulting, it's being honest about what we see or have been taught in our previous lives as theists.
I know not all theists are assholes, just like not all atheists are assholes but people like to put things in boxes, so that being said, most theists will always be assholes to some and most atheists will always be assholes to others.
I think whining about one group putting another group down without acknowledging that it's a two-way street is tiring, and I for one, have grown weary of seeing the "why do atheists have to insult people" meme when what we're really doing is putting down a book that should be no more sacred than any other book, IMO. So yeah, everyone insults everyone in some way, two wrongs don't make a right but atheists aren't the only one's being assholes (according to your statement).