"You really have a point and thanks for the perspective. It's not that you don't believe in science, i.e. the origin of the universe, evolution etc... you're just mad at it."

I get it now!

Yeah. Kind of don't really give a shit how anyone else tries to label me.
I'm an atheist, and I know what that means for me.
It's a pretty simple definition. I don't believe in any gods. All gods are myths.
I'm also an anti-theist. I think ALL religion is EVIL, and it shouldn't have any
influence on public policy.

What anyone else tries to tag me with is their bullshit, not mine.
I'm really clear about who I am, and I'm really okay with who I am.

Was confronted with this several times a couple weeks ago, “you're not really atheist, you're just mad at god!” Took four of them I smiled, choking back a sincere laugh ..and asked “What god?” “There’s no god to be mad at.” “It’s all contrived by humans,” “I should be mad at you guys for trying to sell me something that’s not real.” ...they looked both puzzled and deflated..

Some times it goes like this:

Why do you hate God?

Why do you hate Santa Clause?

Huh?

You don't believe in Santa Clause, right?

Uh....

Therefore you hate Santa Clause.

Wot?

Your theory is because I don't believe God exists, I must hate Him. Because you don't believe in Santa, you must hate him also.

I don't hate Santa.

I don't hate God for the same reason: neither exists. Do you believe in the Easter Bunny?

Hey!

You can see where this is going, right?

You're going to Hell.

That's like promising me I'll go to Big Rock Candy Mountain. I don't believe in that either.

What's that?

Let me sing you a song:

You can get mad at the Tooth Fairy?

What they think they know of atheists/agnostics, is what the preacher told them, most 'nones' do not wear a label saying so, and so they assume that everyone they know who treats them well is a Christian ,because the preacher also said that only Christians treat people kindly. And since they have never met any 'nones' they can only know about them through what the preacher says.

I haven't been told that.

Now I have been told by several Christians that I have morals because I was a Christian first. If I never became a Christian I would not have any morals.

Just mention the words vegetarian or vegan and see how true this statement is.

I am no more mad at God than the believer is with Darth Vader.

I've heard this before. I normally respond, I'm telling you I'm an atheist and you're telling me you're a Christian, so if I'm not a real atheist, you're not a real Christian.

I've never heard this specifically. I have heard something like "how can you not believe in good when the evidence is all around us, see the world." Again, some battles aren't worth fighting because even if you win, you lose.

Gee! With over 5000 god(s) worshipped by most of this planet, you would think there was a perpetual war between all these worshippers, being that their man made god(s) must either be mad at them or they are mad at the god(s) they worship!

Seems futile and moronic to me to be mad at something you never met or have witnessed in person!

I will stay mad at the tooth fairy for the last tooth I lost over sixty five years ago!

LOL!

Sy Ten Bruggencate makes this argument frequently and loves to tell atheists that they actually do believe in god and are simply choosing to deny what they know is true. Sy Ten Bruggencate is a tool.

If I'm mad at god, that's like saying I'm mad at the Easter bunny for not leaving more eggs. See how silly it is.

I dare any Theist try and answer this question. 4,500 religions on Earth why is yours right? Torah, bible and koran are books of fiction. Copied from Egyptology and Mythology! Pseudocience and superstition are degrading our Intellectual progression!

The arrogance is a human trait, not a Christian trait. It's totally natural for each person to believe that they are right. Of course the real problem comes in the way you treat others. Some people just really struggle to see others' perspectives and don't have any problem dismissing other ideas out of hand.

As for the comments about "you're not really an atheist," I wonder where you guys have these conversations with people? I finally told my friends I'm agnostic and they didn't try to argue with me at all. One casually gave me a video about Jesus a couple weeks later. In my circles, they don't seem to know what to say and almost seem afraid to discuss it. Like maybe they would be converted or something if they did . . .

Before that recent poll by lerlo I’d never heard such a statement. It sounds like a crude attempt to psychoanalyze. We should debate a person based on their assertions and avoid trying to divine their hidden subconscious motivations. Even a professional psychiatrist would need to back up such opinions by citing scientific studies.

All people are secular, whenever they do non religious crap. You probably mean non believers. Listen, what's your point? There's good and bad on every human, as well as arrogance and humility, as any other trait and behavior.

i have never been told this by a nonbeliever.\

i have been told this by believers. what do they know? they don't know me, for sure.

but i will say an atheist is not a person with no beliefs. an atheist is a person whose beliefs, if any, do not involve deities.

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The way it supports their faith is that there bible says the same thing as your first paragraph.

It's just their wishful thinking.

I'm fortunate enough to not have to interact with people of "faith" so their opinion actually means nothing to me unless they can back it up with facts.

I have never had this experience...nobody has ever said this to me in all my life as an atheist. What they mostly do say, usually after some discourse around why I should believe and me countering with the “show me the evidence “ line, is that they will pray for god to reveal himself to me. That I can live with and just say thank you to them...if it makes them happy to do so, so be it. I’m not sure to what you refer regarding secular people, so am at a loss to comment.

Sad but true taking short cuts in personal differences is a horrible habit....my Atheist so called friends call me mentally ill or a Republican because I tell the truth about USA war crimes of both incumbent parties.....like Democrats are perfect and Republicans are evil.....only 17 of 435 Congressmembers voted against the conquest of Palestine with USA billion$ each year....including our 4 heroic women TrumpOLINI racist attacked last week....another example blueREDS = redBLUES duopoly Zionism rules USA