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How does one ram their non belief in something down another person's throat, exactly?
Aaagh, Bill! *runs away*
Ah, I see. When an atheist group sponsors a few bill boards, we're ramming something down your throat, but when religious groups have billboards and signs and commercials/shows on tv to the nth degree, you're doing what, exactly?
18 Answers
- Anonymous9 years agoFavourite answer
threaten them with eternal damnation in a hellish place with no airconditioning if they don't accept non-belief,,,,,,,
ummmm,,,, something is wrong with this, I just can't quite figure out what it is.
EDIT: yes, the bible bashers complaining about the atheist billboards is one of the most hypocritical things they've ever said, when our country is positively plastered with stupid images of crosses, the jesus dude, stupid manger scenes, and the millions of churches and their outreach organizations.
- 9 years ago
Actually, most "atheist" billboards do not remain un-vandalized for very long as soon as they're put up, it doesn't take long for self-righteous religious criminals to eagerly destroy private property, because ideas that conflict with religious fantasies must be destroyed.
I do see how believers would become so hyperbolically hyper-reactive when they see or catch a glimpse of a contradictory message that they tend to perceive as "threatening" to their core beliefs.
I've come to the conclusion that religious ideas are essentially weak, hence the over-compensation reaction by most believers to any contradiction of their "personal beliefs".
Whenever a believer says they hold "strong faith or beliefs", I believe that they do, because herein lies the trick, religious belief is inherently weak, but strong, emotional human convictions over-amplify these weak ideas and as such, are the only thing preventing a believer from rejecting an inherently weak religious idea or narrative.
Once we realize these not so obvious components of religious belief, I think it may do us well to wage a smarter offensive vice banging our collective heads against ideological religious battles which we know are difficult to win no matter how much logic we employ within our arguments.
Source(s): Observation - ?Lv 49 years ago
All you have to do is state your opinion and if it differs, the "believer" takes offense and has a hallucination that you are ramming something down their throat. In the end, it has the same result and then we all go to hell. :(
- Anonymous9 years ago
That's Incredible!
- ?Lv 79 years ago
Like this. Let me know if you want more.
Atheist billboards across the country.
http://popreflection.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/b...
http://eileenflynn.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/bil...
http://www.evokeministries.org/wp-content/uploads/...
http://epsombaptist.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/sa...
Edit: You asked this question with the intentions of insinuating atheist don't promote their ideals or that atheism is not a religion, did you not ? And I clearly demonstrate here that you do, and you try and turn this around because you don't have an answer to that fact ?
- Anonymous9 years ago
Same way that you assume Christians do. In fact I would suggest most Christians do not go around insulting you and saying stupid things like all religions should be banned (atheist quote). The question you should be asking yourselves is if you are treating others like you would want to be treated. If insulting their beliefs constantly is what you want, then why are you complaining. I would have more sympathy for other atheists, but I have seen your posts and you ahve absolutely nothing to whine about.
Look at this crap now. Atheists whining like stuck pigs because some Christians are against gay marraige and some Christians want not God, not the Bible , but intelligent design taugh in school for like 5 minutes.
Wahhhhwahhhh!
Seriously, no atheists countries (China, Russia) has legalized gay marraige, only Christian countries have. I'm all for gay marraige and do not agree with the banning it, but you atheists using it against Christians as them oppressing you and the "good atheists" standing against that oppression is fully stupid.
While I do not want ID taught in school, if idiots like Dawkins would not go around saying evolution disproves god, you likely would not have the problem in the first place. Further, if your beliefs are so frail that 5 minutes of intelligent design being taught completely changes your mind, then I agree, that it should be taught. I would absolutely hate to think our kids are going to grow up with such frail beliefs.
You whine, you curse, you insult and you go out of your way to blaspheme a religion you do not believe in. Guess what I don't believe in Hinduism, and yet can find no instance wher eI felt the need to insult their religion. You should ask what you are doing if you are not shoving your view down the throats of others. And if you think you are not, then please define how the people you insult are?
But I do agree with Ross, you all our not shoving your faith (and atheism is a faith) down my throat, but neither are the Christians doing that to you. But your incessant whining while insulting should truly embarrass you. Seriously, at least the religious think they are saving me from eternal torture and refrain from insulting me. I would much rather someone tell me I will go to some imaginary hell, then call me a delusional idiot. What exactly are you saving me from? trying to get me to see your "reality" so that I can think my life has no meaning and when I die I will cease to exist.
I came to my belief from logical deduction, but if you were to ask me the red pill blue pill choice you propose, I would take the blue pill. Why? Cause unlike Neo I am getting no special powers from being an atheist. When I was an atheist, I had less joy in my life and no more intellect, wisdom, or anything else.
Source(s): Deist - ?Lv 79 years ago
One does not.
HOWEVER, if you are pretending (and it IS a pretense) to not notice or recognize the anti-theists who daily attack religion on this site, then I would call you a liar to your face.
I am not religious, but I'm not blind, either.
Do you really want to tell everyone here you don't see the attacks that go on?
Don't be silly.
- Anonymous9 years ago
By restricting bigoted fundies' right to oppress people, of course.
- Anonymous9 years ago
put non belief around the tip of your penis, then open the mouth and proceed to ram down the throat. Same as with belief.... catholic preists are especially good at ramming belief down your throat quite literally,
- Anonymous9 years ago
Talk incessantly with everyone and anyone about their non-belief and in an angry manner.