Why do Americans still dislike atheists?

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  1. Kennyc

    Kennyc Registered Senior Member

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    And they are all wrong. As I said. Show me the money (i,.e. evidence).
     
    Kennyc, May 30, 2011
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  3. John99

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    I never met anyone who disliked a person because they were Atheist. If you are gonna be a pain in the balls about it...but then they dislike you not because you are an Atheist.
     
    John99, May 30, 2011
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  5. Fraggle Rocker

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    Then why don't you? It is really rude to force everyone who reads this thread to slow down and read your post one letter at a time because you're too lazy to hit the shift key to capitalize the pronoun "I" and to move your pinky one key to the right to put the apostrophe in "don't."
    What "claim"? And shall I assume you mean "evidence" rather than "proof" because your choice of words is as lazy as your typing and the sentence makes more sense that way? Or are you simply violating the scientific method by demanding that we prove a negative?
    Atheism is not a religion and atheists are not members of a religion. Neither word is capitalized.
     
    Fraggle Rocker, May 30, 2011
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  7. John99

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    Thats because you are an old man and everything bothers you.
     
    John99, May 30, 2011
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  8. Fraggle Rocker

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    No. It's been well documented that when people read they take in an entire word at once. If the first letter and the last letter are in the right place, and all the correct intermediate letters are there, even if they're mixed up, they will often not even notice the jumble. But if a letter (or a punctuation mark such as an apostrophe) is missing, or if a letter that is supposed to be capitalized is in lower case, they have to stop and read the word one letter at a time, the way a beginner reads a language like Russian or Arabic that doesn't use the Roman alphabet.

    You are forcing everyone who reads your post to slow down and waste their time, so that one rude, lazy person can save a couple of keystrokes. It's just like cutting in front of someone in line at the supermarket: you're stealing someone else's time because you believe you are more important than they are.
     
    Fraggle Rocker, May 31, 2011
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  9. John99

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    I dont think my writing is so difficult to read, given that i have a disability and get the letters in the worng place. Sometimes i fix it but even still i can read it. What am i supposed to do?
     
    John99, May 31, 2011
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  10. yaracuy

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    I would like to see an atheist country . I would like to see how such society woulds live , would they progress ,would they survive or would they eventually become extinct, would freedom of expression exist . ete. ete. sts.

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    yaracuy, Jun 1, 2011
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  11. Kennyc

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    And is what is your best guess (i.e. opinion) about those things?
     
    Kennyc, Jun 1, 2011
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  12. NMSquirrel

    NMSquirrel OCD ADHD THC IMO UR12 Valued Senior Member

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    Lol..its not like some rude lazy person complained about it cause he didn't want to slow down and take the effort to read it...

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    :bugeye:

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    NMSquirrel, Jun 1, 2011
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  13. Fraggle Rocker

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    As a moderator it's part of my job to make this an efficient and convenient experience for the members. Why should all the people on this thread have to stop and pick their way through the rubble of a garbled sentence because one person doesn't have enough respect for them to learn his way around a keyboard?
     
    Fraggle Rocker, Jun 1, 2011
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  14. John99

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    He didnt answer so i will take a crack at it. I dont think that true atheism is possible since no living person has experienced death then how can they say what comes after? That said, if they assumed the poition of 'atheist' for whatever reason, would it be fundamentalist atheism, coerced atheism or volunteer atheism? Big difference if you ask me and how do you get everyone on the same page? I mysefl am Agnostic, how would you get me to become full blown atheist?
     
    John99, Jun 1, 2011
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  15. John99

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    You can bribe me and offer incentives though.
     
    John99, Jun 1, 2011
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  16. yaracuy

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    Well, I rather hear your opinion
     
    yaracuy, Jun 1, 2011
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  17. Kennyc

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    You're the one that brought it up. Just baiting I guess. :shrug:
     
    Kennyc, Jun 1, 2011
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  18. Kennyc

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    That's about the stupidest answer I could imagine. Death has nothing ... let me repeat NOTHING to do with atheism.

    The fact is there is NOTHING after death. Any rational person knows that.
     
    Kennyc, Jun 1, 2011
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  19. NMSquirrel

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    i do not actually know which post you are referring to..but
    i often miss type or forget to put the proper punctuations in.(hey! i use spell check way more than i used to..)

    its not a point to stress about..
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    all the people
    did you ask everyone if it is a problem?
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    whatever happened to Clueluss? (i haven't seen his posts much)
    or the color crayon guy..
    IOW, no matter how bad it is, it could be worse..
     
    NMSquirrel, Jun 1, 2011
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  20. Kennyc

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    Yes clueless here and on other forums as well. If we're gonna enforce grammar, spelling and punctuation, then let it rain on all.

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    Kennyc, Jun 1, 2011
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  21. jpappl

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    Catholic Church style ?
     
    jpappl, Jun 2, 2011
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    :jawdrop:



    starts running in circles holding his head !
     
    jpappl, Jun 2, 2011
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  23. Kennyc

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    Don't do that, just be sure to do good while you are here and leave something of worth behind for others.

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    Kennyc, Jun 2, 2011
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