A christian's view of athiests...pile on the strawmen

[Vypernight]

Well, to be fair, we've gone after a few anti-theists who get things about as wrong as this guy gets atheism wrong, so we're unfair fairly.

Wow, I missed people here going after fundie atheists.  When did this happen?

[Askold]

Every now and then they appear on the mainpage:

http://www.fstdt.com/QuoteComment.aspx?QID=73711
http://www.fstdt.com/QuoteComment.aspx?QID=85448
http://www.fstdt.com/QuoteComment.aspx?QID=73600

Occasionally people defend them, or they show up here (one of those quotes was from FSTDT actually) to defend themselves. If you wonder how can a person who believes in a religion that teaches peace suddenly turn and start demanding a "holy war" or death to infidels without seeing any conflict with those messages I will point out that some atheist do the same. (This does not mean that it would be acceptable, but simply that sometimes people who supposedly have moral values/code will not realise that they are willing to break that same code as soon as they have an "enemy" that they no longer consider to be "people.")

[Witchyjoshy]

Well, to be fair, we've gone after a few anti-theists who get things about as wrong as this guy gets atheism wrong, so we're unfair fairly.

Wow, I missed people here going after fundie atheists.  When did this happen?

Fundie anti-theists actually.

As I recall, Agni/Chagen was pretty much trying to be one.

[Mechtaur]

Well, to be fair, we've gone after a few anti-theists who get things about as wrong as this guy gets atheism wrong, so we're unfair fairly.

Wow, I missed people here going after fundie atheists.  When did this happen?

Fundie anti-theists actually.

As I recall, Agni/Chagen was pretty much trying to be one.

Yeah, he was. I remember because I had to slap him more than a couple times over it.

[rookie]

I remember laughing at him. And wondering why you bothered banging your head against that particular wall, Mechtaur.

[lazerfrog]

A lot of these things read more like what someone would imagine themselves doing if they were an atheist more than what they've observed atheist people doing.

Whenever a theist says something about the "moral void" of atheism or that atheists don't have any reason/justification for being moral, as far as I can tell that means that they've disregarded any reason that any atheist may have to act moral (empathy, thinking of society/friends, family, etc) and will only accept as a justification for morality someone from one high to tell them how to act, that pretty much means that they've admitted that if it wasn't for their god belief, they would have no reason to act moral at all.

Yeah, projecting seems to be a serious issue with the more hateful fundies.  I think a good way of looking at it is pointing out the inherent organization that exists pretty much everywhere in nature, and explaining that human empathy is no less natural than a group of cells working together as a body.

[Mechtaur]

I remember laughing at him. And wondering why you bothered banging your head against that particular wall, Mechtaur.

Mostly because I felt guilty for being that kind of insufferable prick back in high school.

[Atheism Exposed]

It doesn't seem to be far off the mark really.  Despite all the protestations Atheism as a movement has always been about the hatred of God and believers.

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

It doesn't seem to be far off the mark really.  Despite all the protestations Atheism as a movement has always been about the hatred of God and believers.

[Citation needed, troll] 

[Distind]

It doesn't seem to be far off the mark really.  Despite all the protestations Atheism as a movement has always been about the hatred of God and believers.

Just because we dislike you doesn't mean we hate believers, and it's hard to hate something you're at least reasonably sure doesn't exist. Now, Mistheists, those guys are assholes.

[Atheism Exposed]

It doesn't seem to be far off the mark really.  Despite all the protestations Atheism as a movement has always been about the hatred of God and believers.

Just because we dislike you doesn't mean we hate believers, and it's hard to hate something you're at least reasonably sure doesn't exist. Now, Mistheists, those guys are assholes.

Believers don't exist?  That would be that famous Atheist logic at work again...?

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

It doesn't seem to be far off the mark really.  Despite all the protestations Atheism as a movement has always been about the hatred of God and believers.

Just because we dislike you doesn't mean we hate believers, and it's hard to hate something you're at least reasonably sure doesn't exist. Now, Mistheists, those guys are assholes.

Believers don't exist?  That would be that famous Atheist logic at work again...?

Makes strawman arguments and he's illiterate to boot. Not a bad chew toy I suppose.

[rookie]

Believers don't exist?  That would be that famous Atheist logic at work again...?

With clever wordplay like that, I have to ask. Are you the ghost of Oscar Wilde?

[Dakota Bob]

It doesn't seem to be far off the mark really.  Despite all the protestations Atheism as a movement has always been about the hatred of God and believers.

2edgy4me, nice trolling bro

[Star Cluster]

It doesn't seem to be far off the mark really.  Despite all the protestations Atheism as a movement has always been about the hatred of God and believers.

If you want to continue with asinine statements like this, all I have to say is...bring it.

As Distind said, and which you so uncleverly and purposely misconstrued, we do not hate God.  We simply do not believe one (any) exists.  Do you hate Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, or the Tooth Fairy?  Thought not.

As for believers, most of my and my wife's best friends are Christians.  We get along quite well with them and we get together often at each others homes.  I do not hate them because they are believers, I just don't share their beliefs.

Oh, and atheism is not a "movement."  It is an ideological lack of belief in a theology or deity.  Get it right.

So, what else you got?