Why do Atheists Hate Religion?

[ayaayapotpot]

atheist is a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods,but they also say they believe in God or a universal spirit. Indeed, 2% say they are “absolutely certain” about the existence of God or a universal spirit. Alternatively, there are many people who fit the dictionary definition of “atheist” but do not call themselves atheists. About three times as many Americans say they do not believe in God or a universal spirit (9%) as say they are atheists (3%).

[david_019]

I am a believer of God and I've been in religious people up to now, different attitude and from my experience i can not deny to admire the atheists for what they believe. They are very proud of it while believers are not proud but they compromise, many hypocrites are in different religions and I can not deny that sometimes I compare the believers and the atheists. This is sad and so atheists would have more reason to deny God.

[akishang]

I don't think they hate religion. Maybe you have an experience that change the way on how you believe on religion. I totally respect their beliefs and I think they are doing the same for everybody who believes in religion. I don't practice religion myself but I truly believe that there is GOD who were always watching us. We just can't expect him to help us all the time. We need to stand up for ourselves and be thankful of the days he has given us.

[Hube950]

Youb really cant blame them sometimes.... there's so many religion and many beliefs, doctrines, rules to abide by. One religion having the mindset that its his own religion thats the right one thinking that the other religions are not on the right path. I am not an Atheist and most atheist are not born atheist. The environments they grew up in is  a factor and probaly if their parents are Atheists too. They rather follow their minds than to follow doctrines and teachings

[soulcancer]

So I see 2 threads of why islam hates people or why people hate Islam. I dont see the point of such a mundane debate based on religion any debate for or against religion would be stupid. Either you are stupid to believe what a prophet / god / divine entity said or you are stupid enough to believe you can change the minds of the bleak minded people who follow such a prophet / god / divine entity.

But since its fun let me initiate my own brand of 'why do' topic.

WHY DO ATHEISTS (like me) HATE RELIGION ?

Seriously what has to happen in a person's life for them to seriously give up hope on the one true everlasting brand (of religion) which their ancestors have followed for generations.

Everyone has their own story even I have mine, so lets hear some of it.

perhaps its a feeling of superiority...I wont give my personal story about religion, but I have this....with thousands of years of history...billions of lifetimes...learning, suffering and dying....and, finally you came along and realized how stupid they all were...every scriptural passage of every religion is deep enough to have an entire book(s) written on it(and that is not to say that any of them are correct)...so you come along and take all of those books and say "hmmmm, bullshit"....life is an extremely deep question that can not be answered with a single mouth....as far as your science education goes, I found that the further I went in my education (chemistry), the more higher scientific minds I found that were FORCED by sheer mathematics to acknowledge the existence of some higher power...many said that learning at the highest levels of science is what ultimately led them to some form of religion/spirituality...just my two cents

[yametekudasai]

Most of the atheists that I know lose their faith because of something that happened in their life. Whether it be a problem that tore their family apart or even something awful that they gave up on relying to the God above because they feel like they've been abandoned and the one that can truly save them is their selves.

[B1tUnl0ck3r]

So I see 2 threads of why islam hates people or why people hate Islam. I dont see the point of such a mundane debate based on religion any debate for or against religion would be stupid. Either you are stupid to believe what a prophet / god / divine entity said or you are stupid enough to believe you can change the minds of the bleak minded people who follow such a prophet / god / divine entity.

But since its fun let me initiate my own brand of 'why do' topic.

WHY DO ATHEISTS (like me) HATE RELIGION ?

Seriously what has to happen in a person's life for them to seriously give up hope on the one true everlasting brand (of religion) which their ancestors have followed for generations.

Everyone has their own story even I have mine, so lets hear some of it.

because they follow this project :

    Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
    Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity.
    Unite humanity with a living new language.
    Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason.
    Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
    Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
    Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
    Balance personal rights with social duties.
    Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite.
    Be not a cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.

[legendster]

..."hmmmm, bullshit"......... I found that were FORCED ...

I can't believe this thread is still active!
Ok listen, you can be an idiot and still write huge epics of some imaginary crap, it doesn't take much intelligence to do that. And it takes lesser amount of intelligence or the lack of it for people to start taking all that imaginary crap and believing that it's true. It's the power of human imagination. That's what we are good at.

As far as mathematicians being Forced to accept a higher power.. lol please show me one such instance.
Thousands of years of believing that a dude in the sky would read our minds and cure our ailments did not enable us to develop penicillin, actual science did.
One last thing, it's not my science. I don't own science. Science is a way of thinking and living.

[JiuMiBe]

Simply because God deserves to be hated. This is a natural thing to shape in terms of time and actual conditions. Atheists are everywhere, who are open minded to understand all religions in the eyes of science and experience, not those who hate or oppose religion, speak only when they are negative.

[kiumilo0o]

There are too many bullshit, arbitrary, imposing and conservative, no respect for other religions (consider other religions as satan) and often seek to destroy. Obstructing the development of science, obstructing marriage with the pagans (if they refuse to attend the church will not attend anyone) to split the happiness of many couples.

[drjulia]

there is a religion, and there is Faith.for to believe in God, you do not need to follow the rules of religion and go to temples. The main thing is to believe inside your soul. Religion - this destructive organization in the form of its followers bears death and destruction all over the world.

[Elliemutz]

The thing that most people don't seem to realize is that a religion is really just a belief system, nothing more. Every human rely on some belief system, whether there be a God involved or not. So you could say everyone is religious, the only thing that separates people is numbers. The guy who has his own personal belief system is not considered religious while millions that adhere to the same system are

[Indra123]

Maybe the reason is the fact that Atheists loves being free and unchained, while other Religions have some kind of rules and regulation. But they should be aware that without these Religions we might have taken a wrong direction, many people has been saved by some religions and they successfully control people from killing and doing wrong things and some bad kind of stuff.

[alisha123]

I think atheism is practiced as a way for people to stand out. You can not hate something you do not believe in. The atheists are the same as the religious one. Judge the others of being too radicals. Sinners that judge sinners for sinning differently. That' all about

[GamingBro]

Atheists don't hate religion they just can't understand people who believe in something they think supertantural. For them science is the answer on questions.

[cr_liev]

I don't think a real atheist would hate religion; he/she would be indifferent to this subject. If someone hates anything, he/she gives the energy to this thing and in some way connects him/herself with the subject.

[CCRBNews]

I am an atheist and my main problem with religion is that it has systematically held the population back from advancing with technology due to it proving religious scriptures to be false.

[JiuMiBe]

Everyone must follow atheism, because only when they do not have a religion will they give their souls to the government. This is in stark contrast to the values of Christianity, because the Christian can not give up God to give himself to government or an atheistic ideal.

[BADecker]

I'm not an atheist. I looked at atheism, but rejected it when I found that it was a false religion.

[JiuMiBe]

Simply because God deserves to be hated. This is a natural thing to shape in terms of time and actual conditions. The state has no specific guidelines, clearly require the people or officials to hate the Lord. Even a small part of the religious began to be tired from the neck and want to throw it into the trash. Atheists are everywhere, who are open minded to understand all religions in the eyes of science and experience, not those who hate or oppose religion, speak only when they are negative.