Are atheists angry?, Be respectful please. Options

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Me and a friend of mine like to get into deep discussions about religion and so on and so forth. Just so that ya'll know where I stand, I am a christian...non denominational. I dont completely believe in certain aspects of organized religion...church is not my forte much lately. Anyways, to the point...

We were discussing how it seems to us that atheists seem to be angry. Either at Christians or just at the world in general. I like to do research on different religions and have explored many different options. I am simply inquiring about atheists just so I can understand more.

Do you think atheists are angry?
Are you atheist? Are you angry?

Explain why and tell me a little about what you believe so that I can understand.

Once again, please be respectful in everything you say and do me a favor and put a little thought into it...dont respond with a simple statement like "christians are hypocrites" or something like that.

Thanks...

[Jamwllms]

Over here in Great Britain, Atheism is rather common. At least where I am. My parents are certainly not religious, and neither am I Atheist to "Spite" them. I don't know anyone who is Atheist just to annoy their parents. They're that way because they don't believe in an entity. Let's face it, if they believed in it, I doubt they would deny it to annoy their parents, would they?

I'm not a particulary angry atheist. Although, I will tell you that one of the reasons some atheists might be angry, is because of religion itself. Some don't like the idea of people living their lives a certain way with various restriction because there might be an invisible man living in the sky. It all seems a bit daft, don't you think?

That's my interpretation, anyhow.


- James.

[xKatt]

Over here in Great Britain, Atheism is rather common. At least where I am. My parents are certainly not religious, and neither am I Atheist to "Spite" them. I don't know anyone who is Atheist just to annoy their parents. They're that way because they don't believe in an entity. Let's face it, if they believed in it, I doubt they would deny it to annoy their parents, would they?

I'm not a particulary angry atheist. Although, I will tell you that one of the reasons some atheists might be angry, is because of religion itself. Some don't like the idea of people living their lives a certain way with various restriction because there might be an invisible man living in the sky. It all seems a bit daft, don't you think?

That's my interpretation, anyhow.
- James.

We were just talking about how Atheism is rampant in Europe in World Geo, haha. Sorry just had to say that.

Um... I wouldn't say I'm angry, but these are some contributing factors to why an Atheist might be "angry":

1) Everything is going wrong for them, so they feel God is being unjust to them and in turn hate or disblieve in God. Hate = anger.
2) They're Atheist to defy the mainstream, be rebellious or to stir controversy (these Atheists will later convert to a mainstream religion once they've been tormented enough by their peers). Controversy = anger.
3) They don't have faith in anything and don't have anything to fall back on or consult for help.

Yeah, Atheists tend to have a bad connotation. Like a believer versus a nonbeliever. Obviously the nonbeliever is left with a negative connotation. Not all Atheists are angry, but I've noticed that a lot of them are. And sometimes I wonder if they're angry because they're Atheist or they're Atheist because they're angry.

Interesting topic though.