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...

[voguelove]

well, it depends on the question youre asking.

im atheist, and i would say...yes, im angry. i stopped believing in god or respecting the christian religion the day my mom committed suicide (i was 9). i knew the two reasons why she did it: because she was highly depressed, and because she wanted to be with god more than anything. she longed for heaven/god even more than she longed to be with her 9 year old child. im angry at "him" for taking the one important thing away from me. im angry at "him" for all my tortureous teen years. and i blame "him" for the relationship with my dad.

however, overall, my "hatred" towards religion isnt as harsh. i do hate when religious citizens criticize my decision. it's a decision and it's mine. respect it. i used to be really good friends with one of my neighbors..but once her parents found out i had no religious preference, they banner her from me. seriously, what am i going to do? not believing does not mean im a bad influence whatsoever.

[illriginal]

well, it depends on the question youre asking.

im atheist, and i would say...yes, im angry. i stopped believing in god or respecting the christian religion the day my mom committed suicide (i was 9). i knew the two reasons why she did it: because she was highly depressed, and because she wanted to be with god more than anything. she longed for heaven/god even more than she longed to be with her 9 year old child. im angry at "him" for taking the one important thing away from me. im angry at "him" for all my tortureous teen years. and i blame "him" for the relationship with my dad.

however, overall, my "hatred" towards religion isnt as harsh. i do hate when religious citizens criticize my decision. it's a decision and it's mine. respect it. i used to be really good friends with one of my neighbors..but once her parents found out i had no religious preference, they banner her from me. seriously, what am i going to do? not believing does not mean im a bad influence whatsoever.

Wait... so you're an atheist not because of science, but because you blame God for taking a family member from you? Damn.

1: There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

2: There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

3: He had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.

4: His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each on his day; and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

5: And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, "It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually.

6: Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.

7: The LORD said to Satan, "Whence have you come?" Satan answered the LORD, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it."

8: And the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?"

9: Then Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nought?

10: Hast thou not put a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

11: But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse thee to thy face."

12: And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power; only upon himself do not put forth your hand." So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

13: Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house;

14: and there came a messenger to Job, and said, "The oxen were plowing and the asses feeding beside them;

15: and the Sabe'ans fell upon them and took them, and slew the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

16: While he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

17: While he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The Chalde'ans formed three companies, and made a raid upon the camels and took them, and slew the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

18: While he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house;

19: and behold, a great wind came across the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you."

20: Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell upon the ground, and worshiped.

21: And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return; the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."

22: In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.