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u/OldWolf2642 · 26 pointsr/DebateAnAtheist

To quote:

>Why are atheists angry? Is it because they're selfish, joyless, lacking in meaning, and alienated from God? Or is it because they have legitimate reasons to be angry--and are ready to do something about it?

Read a BOOK

Watch a LECTURE

Then try exercising what little intelligence you appear to have and think about it.

u/rookiebatman · 19 pointsr/atheism

A blogger named Greta Christina wrote a blog post answering that question, which was so popular that it spawned a book and a lecture.

u/ralph-j · 10 pointsr/DebateAnAtheist

And her book as well!

u/kent_eh · 10 pointsr/exchristian

> Clearly, there's a reason.

Lots of them. Enough to fill an entire book, or to make a lengthy speech about.


And even those reasons are only scratching the surface. There's lots more

u/spaceghoti · 7 pointsr/atheism

Welcome to /r/atheism! What did you think of our FAQ?

> If religion were nothing but a personal choice, many of us would have no problem with it. Unfortunately, it causes a great deal of harm in the world, from justifying historical slavery and genocide, to current oppression of women, LGBT individuals, and other minorities across the globe, to promoting child abuse and teaching fairy tales as fact in science classrooms.

> Greta Christina wrote a fairly comprehensive article on why atheists have good reason to be angry, which is also available in video form, as well as a book which goes into more detail.

> For more detail, please see the wiki entry on Atheists and Anger.

u/lextori · 6 pointsr/atheism

So pointing out the theists who are most frequently giving us a hard time is somehow OT? is that what you're suggesting, because that suggestion just seems silly to me.

/r/atheism has lots of people bitching about christians because guess what, it's largely christians who are making atheists in the western world's lives miserable. There is enough of this crap that Greta Christina wrote a whole damn book about it Why are you atheists so angry.

u/atheistlibrarian · 5 pointsr/atheism

Can I suggest some reading? Wait, I'm a librarian of course I can.

Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things That Piss Off the Godless

Letter to a Christian Nation

Nonsense: Red Herrings, Straw Men and Sacred Cows: How We Abuse Logic in Our Everyday Language

Pay particular attention to the part about Straw Men in the last book.

u/astroNerf · 5 pointsr/DebateAnAtheist

Greta Christina has some points to make about atheists and anger on her blog. Now in book form!

In short: atheists should be angry, for the reasons listed in the first link.

u/trailrider · 5 pointsr/atheism

Nope. There's atheists who believe absurd bullshit like healing crystals and flat earth. Some are very active politically while others don't give a shit. There's no "holy book", you can't be "excommunicated", you don't have to tithe, etc. All there is an answer to a question: Do you believe in god(s)? No? Congrats! You're an atheist.

While I won't presume to speak for everyone, I would say that most of the "active" ones; like people here on this Reddit, Aronra, guys at Scathing Atheist, Seth Andrews, etc; are more inclined to want to believe true things and discard not true/not proven/unprobable things.

Oh, and there's no "belief" in science. Science is a tool like a DeWalt drill. Whether you ACCEPT the conclusions or not is the question.

EDIT: as for why atheists are "angry", might wanna try this book.

Now I wanna ask you: Why are theists so angry? ISIS, Lord's Resistance Army, Focus on the Family, Jerry Falwell, this christian woman, etc....all very angry.

u/Bilbo_Fraggins · 4 pointsr/Christianity

Theism and Christianity in particular is already legitimated in our culture. Since 1886 every President and most congresspeople have claimed to be Christians. (It's also interesting how many of them before that were not).

If you actually want to know why we fight religion, read this book. I'd even be happy to loan you my kindle copy if you want to PM me your email.

u/wegener1880 · 4 pointsr/atheism

yeah, as /u/TheBraindonkey mentioned, atheist are pretty normal people that are sometimes good and sometimes bad, like any other population of humans on this beautiful blue, brown and green ball.

Most of us just would like religion completely separate from politics and for religious people to not pester us at least as much at our front doors. Other than that we don't care.

unfortunately this desire to keep religion out of politics and annoyance when our doors are knocked on has caused society to brand us as "angry". There is a good book on that Why are you athiest so angry? 99 things that piss of the godless that you might be interested in reading. Mostly just commentary on why atheist are justified to be pissed off at certain things, like, idk, trying to force religious dogma upon our kids in classrooms?

other than that, we are pretty chill.

hope for the best man.

EDIT: also, might you be able to get a job in religious studies? maybe religion interest you as a subject, and you could teach world religions or something? your preaching background might be an asset in a job search of that type.

EDIT 2: also, the barber dream sounds cool. look into the feasibility of it!

u/panamafloyd · 3 pointsr/atheism

Greta Christina (US activist) on atheists and anger:
http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/2007/10/atheists-and-an.html

If the blog post piques your interest, in the time since she wrote it (2007), she's fleshed it out into a book:
http://www.amazon.com/Atheists-Angry-Things-Godless-ebook/dp/B007MCMKV6

u/thesunmustdie · 3 pointsr/atheism

There's some very good reasons for atheists to be angry:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Atheists-Angry-Things-That-Godless-ebook/dp/B007MCMKV6

However, this does not extend to treating you as an individual unkindly — especially not in your current state of mind.

If you need a tactful atheist to talk to, feel free to PM me.

u/JonathanTech · 3 pointsr/exmormon

From "Why are you atheists so angry? 99 Things that piss of the godless" by Christina, Greta:

> 37) I'm angry that, because of religious bigotry against LGBT people, Ingrid and I had to get married three times, before we finally got to have a wedding that was legal in our home state. I'm angry that nine months after our marriage, Catholics and Mormons spent millions of dollars and thousands of hours to pass Prop 8 and make it impossible for any other same-sex couples in California to marry. I'm angry that our marriage is still not seen as a real marriage in (as of this writing) 42 of the 50 states. I'm angry that, when we travel to places like Missouri or Colorado, we have to worry about what happens if one of us has to go to the hospital -- will the other be able to make decisions on our behalf, or even be able to visit? I'm angry that even our federal government won't recognize our marriage as real -- because fear of offending the religious right controls how laws get made in this country. And I'm angry that religious and political leaders are scoring points by exploiting fears about sexuality in a changing world, fanning the flames of those fears... and giving people a religious excuse for why their fears are justified.

>38) I'm angry about "lying for the Lord." I'm angry that the Mormon Church officially advocates a policy of deception, concealment, exaggeration, selective disclosure, censorship, and outright dishonest about the history and tenets of their religion -- aimed at both the general public and members or their own church -- in order to protect their image. I'm angry that Mormons who have violated this policy, and who told the truth about the church's history and teachings even when it was unflattering, have been excommunicated.

>42) And on a related topic: I'm angry that, in Salt Lake City, Utah, 40 percent of all homeless teenagers are gay -- most of them kids who have been kicked out of their homes by their Mormon families.

It's a great read at a great price. Plenty of reasons why religion is damaging.

u/Galphanore · 3 pointsr/atheism

You're welcome. She recently expanded it into a book that I'm reading at the moment.

u/SanityInAnarchy · 3 pointsr/TrueAtheism

Another nitpick, then: It doesn't have to be monotheism. Monolatrism is sufficient.

I'd also argue that the important bit is the dogma, not necessarily whether it's tied to a scripture per se. Scripture doesn't quite explain how you get such violence between people who have the same scripture -- between Catholics and Protestants, for example. If it was just a matter of the scripture itself, there are ways to settle those arguments -- you go back and read the scripture -- except that people have different interpretations that they have accepted as gospel (literally).

You might be interested in Greta Christina's "Why are you atheists so angry?", which was originally a blog rant, became a surprisingly good speech, and is now a book. Because I don't have time to watch the whole speech again, I'm going to assume this collection of quotes has it right:

> Religion is a belief in invisible beings, inaudible voices, intangible entities, undetectable forces, and events and judgments that happen after we die. It therefore has no reality check. And it is therefore uniquely armored against criticism, questioning, and self-correction. It is uniquely armored against anything that might stop it from spinning into extreme absurdity, extreme denial of reality… and extreme, grotesque immorality.

Or, similarly:

> Religion, by its very nature as an untestable belief in undetectable beings and an unknowable afterlife, disables our reality checks. It ends the conversation. It cuts off inquiry: not only factual inquiry, but moral inquiry. Because God's law trumps human law, people who think they're obeying God can easily get cut off from their own moral instincts.

> And these moral contortions don't always lie in the realm of theological game-playing. They can have real-world consequences: from genocide to infanticide, from honor killings to abandoned gay children, from burned witches to battered wives to blown-up buildings.

What's missing is the bit where she compares this to political ideology. Because most political ideologies make promises on this world, they're at least somewhat subject to test. Eventually, wealth either trickles down or it doesn't, for example. That doesn't apply to religions -- and the religions it used to apply to have either adapted or died out.

u/luckydog1123 · 2 pointsr/atheism

All of these are from an actual book entitled "Why are you Atheists so Angry?". Its a great read, but don't plagiarize and take credit for yourself

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007MCMKV6/ref=redir_mdp_mobile

u/fishfingrs-n-custard · 2 pointsr/atheism

Read this book http://www.amazon.com/Atheists-Angry-Things-Godless-ebook/dp/B007MCMKV6 I think it speaks for a lot of atheists out there. Also, there is really nothing to "learn" about atheism, except for maybe what it is not about.

u/f1shbone · 2 pointsr/DebateAnAtheist

This is going to end well ...

I would recommend reading this book by Greta Christina

https://www.amazon.com/Atheists-Angry-Things-That-Godless-ebook/dp/B007MCMKV6

u/lady_wildcat · 2 pointsr/Christianity

A little light reading

Also if you smell shit everywhere, try checking your shoes.

u/percussaresurgo · 1 pointr/worldnews
u/wickman69 · 1 pointr/atheism

I agree with this and it is indeed well written. I reckon a lot of the inspiration was from this - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Atheists-Angry-Things-Godless-ebook/dp/B007MCMKV6

u/davidkscot · 1 pointr/atheism

I think your imposing a perception of atheists onto them that doesn't fit without first considering if it's correct.

For example you say atheists are angry at god, most atheists would correct this and tell you they dislike the character of the christian god in the same way they dislike Voldemort from the Harry Potter books.

They dislike some actions taken for religious reasons and thus the religions which provide the reasons behind the actions.

There are good reasons to be angry, just not in the way to are mischaracterising, I'd recommend looking up Gretta Christina, there's a Blog post, YouTube video and a book she has written which are all about why she is an angry atheist.

Edit: I'd also recommend Gretta's follow up blog post replying to criticisms

u/InnocuousJoe · 1 pointr/videos

Think about it this way: relativity is entirely observable, with quantifiable results and experiments that can be run against it.

Religion, simply put, has none of that. At all.

I'd recommend you read Why Are You Atheists So Angry? 99 Things That Piss Off The Godless if you want to get a better idea of why equivocation like yours is so infuriating ("it's all about making the world a better place" ... when Catholicism is responsibly for some of the worst atrocities the world has known)

u/garbonzo607 · 1 pointr/atheism

This is a general rule of debates in fact, attack away at the topic / subject at hand or rather the other side's view, but never start using ad hominems and personal blows at a person's character.

The thing is, people automatically equate attacking their (or other people's) views personally, or as a personal attack. A lot of these attacks are ambiguous, but I'd give them the benefit of the doubt and if there is a Facebook pic of a religious person saying something just plain ignorant, I would be laughing at their philosophy or position, rather than them themselves, personally, their character.

I love this article on a popular atheism blog:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/08/08/reddit-atheism-i-still-love-you/

The best part that is relevant:

> And you’re damn right atheists want other people to lose their faith. When you see the awful policy-decisions made because of support from religious groups, it’s hard not to want them to come to their senses. We’re trying to educate them, not annihilate them.

And I'm sure others have put it even better.

[I bought this book but never read it.](
http://www.amazon.com/Atheists-Angry-Things-Godless-ebook/dp/B007MCMKV6) I really need to.

Found this video relating to the book and need to watch it, but I'm guessing it's relevant, so oh well. Hope it's good, rofl.