Lavamelon said:
I apologize if I lost my cool. But you have to admit that the way he spoke to me was very rude. Go back and read the conversation, he was very angry and hateful towards me because I am Christian. Put the show on the other foot - if a Christian treated you the same way he treated me, wouldn't you lose your cool too? Of course you would. You said I give religious people a bad name? I wonder what kind of name the other guy gives atheists. Definately doesn't make atheists look like happy people, does he? |
You're apologizing to the wrong person. I think you would be better to apologise to your God. I was just pointing out the hateful hypocrisy of your Christian faith to reconsider being friendly to all LGBTQ+ people because ONE had upset you and yes that does give religious people a bad name. You also quite clearly has some extreme Christian views that a lot of Christians I've met don't have. You are upset about how he has conducted himself but across this thread you've essentially said that...
1. All Atheists live hedonistic lifestyles full of alcohol, drugs, gambling, hook-ups and other distasteful lifestyles - That is a criticism on millions of people, a prejudice and a stereotype, I for one have never touched alcohol or drugs and I dislike gambling. This sort of hateful prejudging is surely the exact sort of thing that your God would be against? Lol.
2. You said: "The only reason why Atheists are "good people" (good people in quotation, Lol) is because they live in first world societies where they never experience poverty, starvation, extreme water shortages, etc. Its easy to be a "moral" (again, quotation, Lol) person when you are living such a comfortable lifestyle isn't it?" - It's another prejudice, you don't know anything anyone has gone through, living in a first world country does not automatically equal a comfortable life. I for one have a physical disability which took away half my childhood and resulted in a dozen major surgeries, there was nothing comfortable about my lifestyle before becoming an Atheist.
3. You've claimed: "If religious people become atheists later in life, its because they want to live hedonistic lifestyles" - So now basically extending your attacks to formerly religious people too and painting them all with the same brush and reason for leaving their faith.
4. You accused Atheist of leading selfish lifestyles and made the antagonistic claim that marriage rates are falling because people are selfish and care less about their family as a whole now - Total bollocks and an insult to anyone in a non-married relationship, such as my parents who have been in a loving relationship for over 40 years without marriage and raised multiple children and sacrificed a lot to take care of their family, a selfish person would have fled when my medical complications arose.
These things are extreme takes, just like the other dude who said all non-believers are going to Hell, nobody will take you seriously.
Lavamelon said:
The only reason why atheists have grown in number is because of disloyal Christian who leave their religion, but thats okay because atheists do not give birth to enough babies to replace their ageing population, while religious people do. Most atheists I know are child-free, and if they do have children, its normally just one or two. Its very rare for atheists to have 3+ children. But for religous people, we have more children. Plenty of women who mothers at my church. 100 Shariah courts sounds small, but that number will only grow higher as the years go by. Immigration and high birth rates will accelerate Islam's growth. Right now, Muslims are only 6 percent of the population, but soon they will reach 10-20 percent, by that time they will have much more power. |
That's an assumption but yes I would assume Atheism has grown due to Christians no longer believing but also the youth of today even in Christian families simply moving away from religion. You can throw out your anecdotal but I have provided actual evidence of non-religion notably outpacing Christianity and Muslims. So I suppose all we can do now is wait for the 2031 Census, Lol.
You're also making the incorrect assumption that just because a religious family has a kid, that kid will be religious, that couldn't be further from the truth and is a risky assumption to make, like your anecdotal of how many Christian mothers you know, I know of plenty of people who come from religious families but aren't religious themselves, both Christian and Muslim families.
You can say religious people moving to another country will increase religion in that country but that's not necessarily true, it may be true in the short term but if that country isn't as religious as the country they're coming from, and is either more mixed or has a large portion of Atheists then it allows for the possibility of the next generation to not feel pressured into their families religion as opposed to if they were coming from an extremely religious country. They would have far more access to a variety of different faiths and beliefs, they would interact far more with friends of different beliefs and that stuff is influential on people.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 28 June 2025
