Why do certain people put all of their energy into bashing religion?

i agree with u. i personally dont believe in god or have any religious beliefs. but i, like u, keep it to myself. my opinions are my own and lets face it no one is 100% sure of the truth because its impossible to know. we all have our own beliefs and we are all entitled to them. if someone wants to waste their time bashing other religions and putting people down then i say let it go like water off a ducks back. in one ear out the other. and simple mark his responses as negative or report them as abusive. He clearly has nothing better to do with his time so let him ramble his nonsense. u know what u believe. dont let other people get u down

I'm an atheist, and I personally don't do this. I've never actually met an atheist that claimed that he *knew* God didn't exist- that would be a rather arrogant comment in my opinion, but there are extremists for every subject imaginable. You have to understand that many atheists feel that religion is holding us back as a society - that may be why they are so adamant in their views. Some believe we can not move forward as long as we continue to clutch arcaic views, and that we are easily lead by anything that is spoon-fed to us from birth. I, myself, wonder how many diseases may have been cured by now, had the money that has been donated to churches to pray for the ill, been invested in medical science.

A free and open discussion of religion is never bad. There are those who feel that religion represents a grave danger to a civil society and there is nothing wrong with expressing that thought. It is true that much of what passes for religion in today's world is based on superstition and myth or stories hijacked from earlier beliefs. I find discussions that explore this to be quit interesting. The history and evolution of belief is something that anyone who is religious should investigate. The discussions that you are bashing are informative and thought provoking. Mylot is a richer place for them.

You are absolutely right, they are missing something from their life, God. He is the only one that can remove the misery that comes from living a life devoted to serving the devil. He is the one behind these people behaving like this. When I first started on Mylot, I would debate with these people. I quickly realized that they were not being affected by it and I was wasting my time. Now, I don't bother them and appreciate it when they do not bother me. Another thing that I did was stop accepting them as friend's on here or anywhere else in my life. I will talk casually, but keep them at a distance, I do not want the devil to get to me threw my friend's.

A lot of it is due to bad experiences with overly religious individuals who may preach frequently or may have done negative things and said it was done in the name of religion.In fact, many great atrocities committed in history were committed in the name of religion or spiritual beliefs.Some people are ignorant enough to believe that all religion is then evil due to the actions of one or a few people but the truth is con people and distasteful people come from all walks of life period. Others are fearful and ignorant in general.Though they may bash religion for a variety of reasons it often boils down to a negative experience in one form or another.

I am not quite sure why people do this. It might be that they are unsure of how they are living and what they believe. I am not of any certain religion. But I do believe that there is a God. I am not one to push my beliefs on anyone. I think that every person has a right as to what they believe and they should not try to convince anyone of otherwise. I do think that you are on the right track with as to why people do this though.

They get angry with the atrocities committed in the name of religion.It makes a scar in their mind and they start lambasting the perpetrators.As time goes by they already have begun quite used to it and do it at regular intervals.Well not everyone can be a mute spectator to the agonies in the name of religion."Spread a smile"

I'm not sure why they do that. I guess alot of them like to debate about things. some of them just want to express their opinion but they also think their thoughts are the only ones that count also.

This I believe in all religions and trust me fanatics call me crazy,say I can not be more than one religion,blah blah blah! Who says I can not respect and love all religions and it's people? The only thing I would shove down anyones throught is respect,love and tolerance. How can you be secure in your own religion if you have to bash people. I rather believe in all religions andget respect from persons of all religions,backgrounds and culture than bash people and get no respect. Just My Stinking Opinion though!

^_^ Howdy!.... HeavenUnaware!.... Nah!.... Don't mind their bashing or insulting others belief. They are just like the fox who fails to get the grape then bashing and insulting "its a sour grape anyway". Yeah, you are right HeavenUnware they are truly lacking something they are lack of self judgment and understanding. Because through out their entire life they are looking, knowing, searching and seeking on how to make a believer be a miserably on their own faith or what they truly believed is true. Instead of looking, knowing, searching and seeking why these believers truly believed on their own faith of truths. And these people has no really truly happiness on their own life and in that way they don't want others and everybody to be happy in life also. ^_^ Enjoy!....

I personally do not believe either in 'God' as it is depicted now nor do i believe in Religion.According to what i have perceived both these are social institutions that came into being to regulate human behavior. Man is the most selfish and cruel animal and he needs regulating and i feel that in the pre historic days when there was no religion and god did not have so many forms it did help them come to terms with many calamities and natural disasters. But as man became more civilised Religion and God have taken a new meaning altogether and it is creating problems and dividing people. If someone were to put their points forward we should welcome it. At the same time it is very necessary for everyone to dispassionately analyse the negative points in their own religion/s and accept it. After all no Religion is perfect! once we do that automatically we respect each other more - strictly my feelings

I honestly think it's disgusting. And it's not only atheists who do it, Christians do it to Islam, Muslims do it to Christians, all are capable of doing it. I think insulting someone's faith is one of the worst and inhumane things someone can do. My faith defines me. Insult something that doesn't define me, I don't care. Just don't insult my or anyone else's faith.

heavenunaware! what a beautiful word! if we love the things we can find the heaven everywhere. we can see the god too.

I'm a non-believer and I have never tried to push my views onto others. If your beliefs give you a sense of fulfillment and psychological well being, then who am I to take that away from you? I think a lot of people who actively bash religion do so for the same reasons as those who feel the compulsion to impose their beliefs and morality onto everyone else. They think that they are smarter and better than everyone else, and that they have the right to broadcast their beliefs everywhere and shove it down everyone else's throats. Because hey, they're right and merely trying to educate the unenlightened. There is also the satisfaction of winning a debate against someone who has a different opinion than yourself because it feeds into that egomania by reaffirming the superiority of your position. I'd like to also point out that Christianity doesn't exactly have the best public image right now. Every group has its extremists, but unfortunately they also tend to be the most vocal group (the Phelpses come to mind). So Christians get stereotyped as being Pharisaical, backwards, judgmental, and narrow-minded when in reality, most of them turn out to be pretty decent, reasonable people. There's also the fact that some of the extremely religious have a lot of power and money, and therefore their beliefs hold sway in the political arena. They hold powerful political positions and can therefore influence legislative policy. So understandably, many non-believers see religion as a threat to social and scientific progress. A lot of diseases and disabilities might be cured by now if it were not for the restrictions on stem cell research. Billions of tax dollars would not have been funneled into abstinence-only programs despite study after study disproving its effectiveness if it were not for the moral and religious sensibilities of the few on top. Gay people couldn't get marry who they wanted to because some people consider their "lifestyle" immoral. And so on. I know that most Christians and other religious people are not like that, but that is the impression that many non-believers get.

Dear religion is something which we should not argue about but we can discuss it in healthy and positive manner. If his man is boasting about his knowledge about God then he must have his reasons to do so.Do not bother about such persons and try to gain something positive from their vast "vocabulary". We should never ever impose our religion onto others and every person has his own style and ways to reaching out to God.We should see how fairly we do to go near the Almighty.