Alittle something I found over the net to share.. I bet I'm
gonna get "harvestated"
http://www.shoutwire.com/viewstory/24854/16_Common_Myths_About_Atheists
Atheists hate Christians and Christianity. No, we dont.
Personally, I do hate the atrocities that have been committed in
the name of religion, the dishonesty of most religions, and the way
that they encourage people not to think or question, and not to
trust or use their minds. But I dont dislike someone just because
of their religion.
Most atheists started out as Christians, and stopped believing
because of some bad experience with other Christians. Or maybe we
simply started to question, to wonder what happened when we applied
the standards of logic, reason and burden of proof to religion, as
we already did to everything in our lives. Or, perhaps, we were
never believers at all. It happens, you know.
Atheists have no sense of morality, since morality comes from God.
Ah, the old without fear of hell, there would be nothing to stop
people from being bloodthirsty monsters argument. It may come as a
surprise to most Christians, but there are reasons for being good
other than fear of punishment - which isnt really a reason,
anyway, and only shows Christians in a very bad light. Reasons like
human empathy, genuine feelings for others, and, most importantly,
rational principles. Behaving yourself just because daddy will
spank you otherwise does not make you a nice child.
Atheists are a unified group, like a church. Are we? I must have
missed the memo, then. If anything, Id say atheists are more
diverse than Christians, because were less sheep-like, and dont
accept things on faith, or from authority.
Atheists actually know, deep inside, that theres a God, as thats
perfectly obvious; they are simply too proud and arrogant to admit
the existence of something greater than themselves. Not exactly.
You see, the existence of a god is only obvious if youve been
brainwashed (either by others, or by your own irrationality) into
believing it. We are truly convinced that theres no god, and are
not in denial. Really. Im serious.
Atheists dont really know anything about Christianity. Again, it
depends. Some certainly know more than others. However, religion is
so ubiquitous that, like it or not, weve all had varying degrees
of contact with it, with its teachings, and with believers.
Besides, a lot of atheists are naturally curious. I, myself, have
read the Christian Bible - more than once, in fact. Now, dear
believer, ask yourself how many atheist books, magazines or essays
you have read. Oh, I forgot, theyre all the work of Satan.
Atheists lives are cold and empty, as they cant feel the joy and
love that comes only from God. Really? Id never call my life
cold or empty - I have the joys of friendship, love, family,
and doing the things I love to do. And, whats more, Im
self-sufficient, unlike anyone who says I dont know how anyone
could live without God in their lives - as many Christians
do.
Atheists are depressive and nihilistic, since they believe theres
nothing after death, and therefore theres no point to anything. On
the contrary, we, unlike you, know how precious life is, because
were aware that its our only one. And, this may come as a shock
to you, but we can love our lives, we can feel the joy of being
alive, because we dont believe that this is the devils world,
or that this is just a test before the real thing. Life is
precious, and its our own - not any gods.
Atheists are cold and uncaring. No, we are not. Having delusions
doesnt make anyone more caring. And, again, we treat life as
precious, and do what we can to improve it, both ours and that of
our loved ones. On the other hand, many Christians believe life is
suffering, and that theres nothing we can do about it.
Atheists are arrogant. What, because we dare to use our minds
instead of asking who are we to know? No, were not.
Atheists want to forbid religious worship. Wrong. We just dont
want to be harmed by it. Want to believe in God, Jesus, Santa Claus
or the Tooth Fairy? Be my guest. Want to teach your kids to do the
same? I feel sorry for them, but it will still take many years
until people realize how crippling ones reason in childhood is
like a bird crippling its offsprings wings. (*) Want to give all
your money to a guy with a Lexus and a bad haircut? Fine. But dont
try to save me, dont harass me in the street or at my home,
dont get politicians to enact laws to give power to you, dont try
to teach your religion in science classes by dishonestly giving it
a new name and disguising it as science, and dont use my tax
money to write your idiocies in public places. In short, do as you
want, as long as you keep it to yourself - just like I dont go to
your place trying to un-convert you.
Atheists are incapable of feeling awe at simple things, like a
beautiful sunset, as they see everything in terms of cold science,
instead of miracles. Ah, unweaving the rainbow - the idea that
beauty and poetry only exist if we know little to nothing about how
things work. But I ask you: does the fact that you know about
astronomy, physics and light make the sunset any less beautiful?
Was it beautiful only because it seemed magical - or an act of
god - to you?
Atheists live their lives in constant fear of death. Few people
actually want to die - those that do are either depressed and
suicidal, or are Christians who believe that the world is evil,
please, Lord Jesus, take me, and all that. A reasonable fear of
death is perfectly natural. Also, we may believe that this life is
it, which makes us treat it as precious, but, at least, we dont
think that theres a chance of going to a place where you burn and
are tortured for eternity
Most criminals are atheists (or, alternatively, the percentage of
atheists among criminals is higher than among the general
populace). Oddly enough, the opposite is true.
Atheists are stubborn and closed-minded. Not unless you define
closed-minded like this. But, as Ebon said, Ask any believer what
would convince him he was mistaken and persuade him to leave his
religion and become an atheist, and if you get a response, it will
almost invariably be, Nothing - I have faith in my god. Although
such people may well exist, I personally have yet to meet a theist
who would acknowledge even the possibility that his belief was in
error. Many theists, by their own admission, structure their
beliefs so that no evidence could possibly disprove them. Atheists,
on the other hand, are easy to convince - all it requires is for
God to show himself in some unfakeable way - say, for instance, by
doing any of the many things he supposedly did in the Old
Testament
Atheists make bad parents. Again, there are good and bad atheist
parents, and good and bad Christian parents. Atheist parents,
however, would never do what Abraham was about to do to his son
Isaac (and Christians see Abrahams behavior as laudable!),
because, to most atheists, our lives are our own. In fact, even if
there was a God, it would not follow that our lives are his.
Note: Theres already a list, The Top 10 Atheist Myths, by Dave
Silverman, but mine isnt inspired by that one. I agree with what
Silverman writes, but I dont think all of those are necessarily
the top myths. Not to say my list is better, but these are what I
think are the top myths
and a couple of them are actually in both
lists. Besides, my list has more myths than his, which obviously
makes it better.
(*) There used to be something harsher there, where I seemed to
(but didnt) compare teaching religion to children to sexual abuse.
I just meant to say that it was crippling, and should be seen as we
see parents who refuse their kids medical treatment because theyd
rather put their faith in god: bad parents who arent capable of
being parents. As it was misunderstood, I edited it. Any (pre-edit)
comments about it are still below, though.