Opinions On Atheists?

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Most Atheists believe in God, why else would they want Jesus removed. They never fight against people who believe in aliens or ghosts. They don't get upset and boycott business that have bigfoot items. If they see a cross its a different story.

You also don't see them making a big deal against Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and other such religions-it must ALWAYS be a fight against Christianity and our God.

First off, you do see atheists talking against other religions. Not buddhism and hinduism so much but definitely islam. MC says this is all proof atheists believe in God because why else would they do it--well to my mind a much more obvious and mundane answer is that they perceive Christian or other 'religious' practices to be coming into conflict with their own interests.

Atheists who don't want their tax money paying for Anglican Bishops to sit in parliament will campaign against it, atheists who want to do business on Sundays but can't because of trading laws will campaign against that, etc, etc. In countries like USA and UK, atheists bang on about Christianity the most because in nominal form it is in their lives the most, via laws, culture and family. Conflict with other religions comes up less often but it does happen: apart from the obvious terrorism chestnut, in the UK over the last few years there has been a lot of debate about whether halal and kosher animal slaughter techniques should be banned, bringing Jews and Muslims into conflict with 'secular' animal welfare organisations.

Secondly, regarding ghosts, UFOs and paranormal claims, you see atheists going against that stuff all the time--they call themselves 'sceptics'. James Randi and Derren Brown are two obvious celebrity examples who have had popular TV shows on exposing water diviners, astrologers, mediums and psychics etc. Anyone remember James Randi going after spoon bender Uri Geller in the 1980s and TV medium Sylvia Browne in the 1990s?

So yeah, the 'atheists only dislike Christianity' line has always seems to be a bit of a myth to me.