Comments on: Why I’m Not An Angry Atheist

By: AngryAtheist

AngryAtheist — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:12:40 +0000

I am an angry atheist. I try not to be a douchebag, but there are so many things to be angry about

By: Richard Wade

Richard Wade — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:50:55 +0000

Hi Pearl,
Please feel free to hang around the more recent posts. You are welcome. It’s nice to meet with positive and open-hearted Christians. We don’t need to agree, just keep trying to understand each other.

By: Pearl

Pearl — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:04:01 +0000

As a Christian I enjoyed reading your blog and I am happy to see people in your walk of life take a more positive view of their choices in life. Honestly, I get tired of the snark and smug behavior of many atheists on the internet and this was a refreshing/positive change. Good luck to you and I hope others in your follow in your footsteps and go in a more positive/loving direction

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:02:28 +0000

I completely agree with what you are saying here, being angry really serves no purpose and, in my opinion, makes us just as petty and infantile as the theists. Getting angry only makes people throw up walls and stop hearing what you are trying to tell them.

By: Lyn

Lyn — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:16:15 +0000

I could state many bible verses on non believers, but you wouldn’t believe it
anyway.

But the one that sticks out the most:
Do not give that which is holy to the dogs, or put your jewels before pigs, for fear that they will be crushed under foot by the pigs whose attack will then be made against you.

This is a parable, I am not calling you dogs, or pigs. Jesus doesn’t want to waste
our time on people with hardened hearts against him. We still will pray for you,
and one day I know, I’ve seen it, some of
you will change your views. Only passing
through…you can start your attacks now
Peace be to you, Lyn

By: GullWatcher

GullWatcher — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:23:25 +0000

ByGrace, you would probably have better luck posting that question to the forums (see upper right part of this page) than adding it to the end of a post nearly two years old.

By: ByGrace

ByGrace — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:27:05 +0000

I have enjoyed reading the comments on this blog. Great conversations! I’d like to pose a question. I’m not looking for a “right” answer, I do not think there can be because it is purely hypothetical. Just curious about the thoughts it may evoke.

What would the world be like if everyone where indeed atheist?

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Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:07:56 +0000

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By: tiredoldbruce

tiredoldbruce — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:38:26 +0000

Hemant-

I read your original blog posting at the top of your page and started to mellow out on my militant atheistic views.
Then I read all of the responses and now I’m all pissed off again.
I don’t believe there is any point in sharing my atheistic views with religious people. It is possible to live a normal life and be a social person without having to discuss religion with non-atheists (theists, I guess). I feel no need to try to convince people to reassess their beliefs. I also feel no need to put on a show to convince everybody that atheists are kind happy and approachable. Cause I’m not. Come to think of it, what kind of a coalition can atheists form when they only really have one thing in common: they do not believe in something. We could all also form a “we don’t believe in talking bears” group. Atheists are about as widely spread out as a group of people can be. And I for one am pissed off most of the time. And not because there’s no Jesus in my heart either. Just everyday stuff- you know.
I used to have a roommate who would put food in the microwave, start it up, then run into the other room because he was afraid of microwave radiation. I told him “you’re a frickin idiot”. He’s an idiot for believing it would harm him and more of an idiot for continuing to use it anyway. Why can’t I tell my 70 yr. old aunt that because she prays a rosary every day? “You’re an idiot for mumbling to yourself while holding a string of cheap plastic beads for an hour every day”. I could most definitely say to Stephan he’s an idiot but there’s two billion other people in the world who worship his god- why would he care what I think?
Ugh. Maybe I would be happier if I found god. I’m gonna beat my head against a wall until I dumb myself down enough to get suckered into some born-again crap.
God bless you all-

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Friendly Atheist » Your Best Blog Post? — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:00:31 +0000

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