Comments on: Is atheism an intolerant belief? It’s not a belief at all!

By: Freedom

Freedom — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:00:24 +0000

Atheists are playing the ‘victom card’ here …… anytime ‘anyone’ tries to enlighten another person on ‘what to believe or not believe’ is wrong and tyranical.

By: Tired Christian Claim #4: Atheists are mean and offensive | The Good Atheist

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:55:46 +0000

[...] about how atheists are ruining Christmas, or a BBC special asking the question of “Are Atheists Intolerant“, I can’t help but feel that all of this is because of the growing popularity of the [...]

By: Lousy Canuck » Why don’t atheists just shut up and stay home?

Lousy Canuck » Why don’t atheists just shut up and stay home? — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:59:27 +0000

[...] of being too outspoken, a British debate show called The Big Question talks about atheism as being an intolerant belief system, and the atheists who show up to defend their lack of faith are often drowned out even by the host [...]

By: Heidi

Heidi — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:51:50 +0000

Reverend What’s-his-name with the glasses wants religion in classrooms? Shall they start with Scientology, then? Or Wicca? Oh wait, he only meant his religion, didn’t he? Hypocrite.

I had that very same Communism conversation about five times this week with Christians. It’s like they have a script. The bit about atheists being responsible for everything Red Shirt doesn’t like about secular society was new, though.

By: Tetsuo

Tetsuo — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:00:52 +0000

Is this a regular show or was it a special?

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:35:17 +0000

i wish we had radio hosts like James O’brien.

(the one whose answer was chopped between the 2 videos.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:06:36 +0000

After watching the second video, I really need to make another point about one of the religious people confusing ’secular’ and ‘atheist’ as the same thing. And saying the idea that public spaces/debate should be secular was intolerant. Atheism is the lack of beleif in a God/Gods, secularism is simply the idea that government/public debate/laws should not have any basis in religion, and what’s wrong with that? I wouldn’t accept a new law that said ‘Don’t do X and Y because there isn’t a God’ because that isn’t secular either. A secular society is one that makes decisions based on evidence/observations and deduces ideas for law from these without the basis of religion/non-religion. However it’s not really a coincidence that more atheists share the idea that society should be secular, and religious people think it shouldn’t be because it’s almost exclusively the religious people who think that you can base current law on 2000 year old texts.

By: Sam

Sam — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:58:07 +0000

This debate actually took place in my hometown (go York! ), and I’m happy there are so many rational people included in the debate. I do hate it when religious people complain about intolerance though, because religious texts almost exclusively preach just that. And for the record I’ve never met what would be described as a ‘militant’ atheist, (why do they use that word anyway? To become a ‘militant’ in a religious sense I’d have to blow something up…) so someone who actively goes out and argues with people of belief. And I find it funny that if I went out, as an atheist on the streets and started talking about how there was no God I would be called a pest, I’d be called intolerant, I’d be told I’m going to hell, Id be told I was offensive and would probably be politely told to move on by the police.

But If I walk into town now there will always be several religious groups handing out stuff and talking about the ‘word of god’ so why is it acceptable for them to actively go out and talk to people about changing their beliefs and going door to door. But as an atheist, if i do anything beyond sitting around on my hands saying ‘believe what you want’ I’m suddenly a ‘militant’? I know quite a few religious people who have told me I’m going to hell, and what did I do? When they asked what church I went to I said I was an atheist and didn’t believe in a God or gods then they had the nerve to lecture me on religion/morality but when I try to get a word in edgeways I’m being ‘offensive’ and ‘intolerant’…