Is atheism anti-religious?
Tough one. But worth answering. No, atheism is not, in and of itself, anti-religious. Atheists themselves will vary…some believe, whether rightly or wrongly, that religion will be the downfall of the human race, and others are quite content to live and let live, if you will. There are atheists who will take any opportunity to openly debate with religious folks, just as there are religious folks who will take any opportunity to debate with an atheist. We haven’t quite reached the point of going door to door on Saturday mornings with flyers, booklets and silly-looking suits, but you never know. Then there are atheists who keep their mouths closed about their (lack of) religious beliefs unless politely asked to talk about them. Plenty of religious people are the same way. And, as in all groups of people, the respectful and sane generally outnumber the obnoxious and loud. People are generally the same; atheists differ only in what we choose not to believe. **note: The thing about atheist
It’s a common human trait to group everyone as either “for” or “against”, “friend” or “foe”, but reality is more complex than that. Atheism is a position that logically is the opposite of theism?. In that sense it can be called anti-religious?, but when a religious person speaks about atheists as being anti-religious, it is often meant in the sense that atheists have some sort of dislike or outright hatred of theists. This generalization of atheists isn’t fair. Atheists’ views of theists cover a broad spectrum. Most atheists have a “live and let live” attitude, and unless asked they normally won’t mention their atheism. This could of course be because atheism isn’t socially acceptable in a lot of countries. Only a few atheists are completely anti-religious and will even attempt to “convert” others, if the chance presents itself. Historically, such anti-religious atheists have had very little influence on society outside the former east block countries. Some atheists are very loud mouth
Tough one. But worth answering. No, atheism is not, in and of itself, anti-religious. Atheists themselves will vary…some believe, whether rightly or wrongly, that religion will be the downfall of the human race, and others are quite content to live and let live, if you will. There are atheists who will take any opportunity to openly debate with religious folks, just as there are religious folks who will take any opportunity to debate with an atheist. We havent quite reached the point of going door to door on Saturday mornings with flyers, booklets and silly-looking suits, but you never know. Then there are atheists who keep their mouths closed about their (lack of) religious beliefs unless politely asked to talk about them. Plenty of religious people are the same way. And, as in all groups of people, the respectful and sane generally outnumber the obnoxious and loud. People are generally the same; atheists differ only in what we choose not to believe. **note: The thing about atheists
