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Religion

MineralMan

(151,607 posts) Sun Feb 11, 2018, 11:39 AM Feb 2018

Atheists must be a truly fearsome bunch, I guess. [View all]

We must strike fear in the hearts of the religious, due to our popularity and political clout. Even as a tiny minority of the population, we appear to inspire total terror, even in the very largest of church organizations, and simply because we don't believe that deities exist. It's amazing, really.

It's a pity we don't know just how powerful we are. If we did, we could, perhaps, band together and completely defeat religious belief throughout the world. I'd get started on organizing all atheists, but I'm too busy not believing and simply don't have time. I'll have to leave such planning and organizing to others, I suppose.

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Atheists must be a truly fearsome bunch, I guess. [View all] MineralMan Feb 2018 OP

Hahahahahahahaha Glamrock Feb 2018 #1

Atheists are more like herding cats than Democrats are... Moostache Feb 2018 #2

Yes. There's a good reason that atheists MineralMan Feb 2018 #3

LOL...the meetings might not accomplish much, but we'd have great snacks! Moostache Feb 2018 #4

Yeah, but that would require at least some organizational work. MineralMan Feb 2018 #5

The main reason atheist organizations exist in the US Mariana Feb 2018 #11

That's true, of course. I'm just using humor to make a point. MineralMan Feb 2018 #13

+1 Ferrets are Cool Feb 2018 #6

I think the fact that Atheists exist awakens the doubt that most all believers have Hokie Feb 2018 #7

Self-examination. It's scary. And it's lonely. Iggo Feb 2018 #10

I think the reaction to atheists is very similar to the way that I view religious zealots. walkingman Feb 2018 #8

Look at how terrified they are of us Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #9

Smacks of desperation. Iggo Feb 2018 #12

Apparently we may not even exist Bradical79 Feb 2018 #14

And here's his premise.... Iggo Feb 2018 #16

Basically we don't exist because of feelings lol Bradical79 Feb 2018 #17

We're smart enough to have figured out not to fly into the flame. Iggo Feb 2018 #22

And it's one thing to say we never really escape that influence Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #25

Meetings would be held right after the others.. Permanut Feb 2018 #15

Well, apparently just voicing our opinions about religion on a message board is being hostile. trotsky Feb 2018 #18

And yet, we persist. MineralMan Feb 2018 #19

I'd just like to say right here that I'm hair-trigger hostile, on the board and in real life. Iggo Feb 2018 #24

People don't like having their worldview run over with a truck. AtheistCrusader Feb 2018 #20

I would suggest that atheists are driving subcompact hybrid cars, MineralMan Feb 2018 #21

Yet they keep right on standing in the street. (n/t) Iggo Feb 2018 #23