Atheism

[Pink Floyd]

My friends respect me and my beliefs. They don't agree with me at all but they respect my choice. I don't want this to become a flame war either but if people keep disrespecting others it will. Any one who does not show respect for another human being is being ignorant and self-righteous. I don't believe in atheists beliefs (non- beliefs) or any other religions beliefs. People were raised a certain way and that is the way they tend to remain. I don't disrespect a Catholic or Jewish person just because their belief is different then mine that would similar to discrimination. All I'm saying is as long as you don't make fun of or belittle anthers belief, there won't be a religion war. If you look at both sides of the argument, they both are kind of off. On one hand there is a supernatural being (higher up) that created everything. On the other hand, there was an explosion created from pressure that created everything in the universe in a split second. They both sound a little ridiculous but we both believe in one or the other, I don't trash atheists just because they don't believe in what I do, so no one should trash me or any other religious person (whatever they believe) just because we don't agree.

Because they're your friends. If you expect a random athiest to show courtesy towards you (Assuming you're trying to force your beliefs on them), you'd best be ready for an iconic verbal bitch slap.

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Wrong. We call people by what they believe in, not what they don't, even though, you very well could. If I said every Christian was a flying spagetti monster rejectionist, you could assume that it is a title worthy of the such. Because of this, atheists cannot be considered "Big Bang" advocates, because it is not supported by a thorough source that would consider them to be such. It's in the context of what is different, and what is natural to us that shapes our ideals on such a matter. Not all atheists support the big bang. That's why we have scientists who are (hopefully) atheists, working on developing new theories at this very moment, all of which are based on solid, concrete evidence.