Why do certain people hate atheists?

[LadyHawkAZ]

101. The entire Abrahamic dogma is based in fear of "the other"

the exact same groupthink that gives us racism, sexism and extremist national pride. Us vs. them. If you're not with us you're against us. It's strong indoctrination, and hard to break away from.

We are officially "the other" and they are by default afraid of us. That's all it is. That's how their brain has been programmed to work. Most of the book is a description of various kinds of tribal war against "others", culminating in the big destruction of all the "others" in Revelation. There's four little chapters sandwiched in the middle of all that about a guy named Jesus who seemed to be trying to teach tolerance, but it's drowned out by the sheer scope of violence in the rest of the book. Feed that to kids their entire lives, then point to your picture of Jesus and say "Gays are an abomination!" or "Women are to be submissive!", and guess what's going to happen. It would just be sad if it weren't for the violence built in to the crazy.

Unlike you, I'm not very tolerant. I lose a little bit more tolerance every time I see this or this or this or more of these. Society would never tolerate this if it wasn't wrapped in God, and I see no reason to tolerate it just because it is.

Can you picture what would have happened to Walmart if it turned out they were running a worldwide kiddie sex ring involving thousands of kids and hundreds of managers, or if Burger King employees nationwide were threatening teenage girls with rape and beating, and then demanding tax-free status and First Amendment protection for it? The smart Christians I know have already thought about that question and reached the correct conclusion.