Why do Americans still dislike atheists?

Mikko wrote:

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wrong country
don't hate i dislike
some are okay some are crazy fucktards
probably

LOL...A Man Of Many Words

ITS OK.....Have A Great Day And Enjoy The World.

" Stay Thirsty My Friends "

Skeptic wrote:

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Alright then liar, lets count the amount of physical evidence of god...
start at 0.
F*cking 0.

Show us your proof that no god exist.

start at 0.
F*cking 0

Tie score... it seems.

Do let's remember:**I** was the one who said a long long long time ago that there exists no proof one way or the other.

So I am standing safe on base while you are still looking for your balls.

Buck Crick wrote:

Atheism from the Greek a (not) plus theos (god). The doctrine of disbelief in a supreme being (Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion, William Reese, HumanitiesPress-1996).

Yup. Disbelief. Lack of belief. Not a claim that there is no god.

Buck Crick wrote:

Atheism, Greek atheos-Disbelief in, or denial of, the existence of God (Oxford English Dictionary-1989)

"Disbelief in". Guess you missed that.

Buck Crick wrote:

Atheism, commonly speaking, is the denial of God. Theism (from the Greek theos, God) is belief in or conceptualization of God, atheism is the rejection of such belief or conceptualization.In the ancient world atheism was rarely a clearly formulated position (Encyclopedia Americana-1990).

Yup. Rejection. Not a claim that there is no god.

Thanks for providing definitions that support my position!

Theistic Satanists believe that a god exists (and that it is Satan).

barefoot2626 wrote:

Repeating your NotBot dumphuqueery doesn't make it true.

Ignoring the existence of *theistic* Satanists doesn't make them go away.

No matter how hard you stomp your feet.

An atheist is a person. A person is not a religion.

barefoot2626 wrote:

You aren't in the position to criticize the typing (or spelling or grammar) errors of others.

Yes, I am. And I can certainly point out when a person doesn't appear to know the difference between "atheist" and "atheism".

Theistic Satanists are not free of gods. They worship Satan as a god.

barefoot2626 wrote:

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Nope.
Satan is not a god

Theistic Satanists who worship Satan as a god would disagree. Are you now telling others what they believe?

Atheism is the lack of theistic belief.

barefoot2626 wrote:

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Nope.
My ballpoint pen lacks theistic beliefs.

It was already pointed out to you that words ending in "-ist" and "-ism" normally refer to people.

But you just want to be a troll by making irrelevant comments.

I'm an atheist. I have no such belief.

barefoot2626 wrote:

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You can say you are Santa Claus.
It does not make you Santa Claus.
You can say you are Napoleon.
It does not mean you are Napoleon.
Atheist?

If you want to demonstrate that I'm not an atheist, then point to where I have claimed theistic belief.

Good luck with that.

barefoot2626 wrote:

I am not the one insisting rocks and ball point pens are atheists.
I notice you haven't objected to your fellow NotBots who do.

Nobody here has made such a claim. Where did anyone here claim that words ending in "-ist" can normally refer to anything other than people?

Educated What wrote:

Did you know that Hispanics will eventually be the majority in this country.

When is "eventually"? Under current population trends, they won't make up but 29% of the U.S. population in 2050.

barefoot2626 wrote:

Sweden- having an OFFICIAL state church for over 500 years no longer as the OFFICIAL (one) STATE status still receives state tax funding.

In Sweden, taxpayers have a voluntary checkoff box on their tax returns that determines whether or not any of their tax money goes to any church.

And there are *9 different denominations* that can receive this voluntary money, not just the Church of Sweden.

Drew Smith wrote:

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Yup. Disbelief. Lack of belief.

Disbelief is not the same as lack of belief, dumbphuque, no matter how hard you stomp your ignorant high school dropout feet.

Drew Smith wrote:

Theistic Satanists believe that a god exists (and that it is Satan).

I have already proved for Christians there is but one God and that Satan is not a god but a fallen angel.

I have proved you wrong and a fool; no one here is going to make you admit you are wrong.

Drew Smith wrote:

It was already pointed out to you that words ending in "-ist" and "-ism" normally refer to people.

It's already been pointed out to you that I wasn't the one who insisted that rocks and dogs and newborn infants were atheist.

Many times.

And that you didn't contradict the NotBot who insisted that rocks were atheists.

And it's funny you insist want to pretend that most Satanists are not Christian.

Facts... not your friends.

Drew Smith wrote:

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Nobody here has made such a claim.

I can't make a troll such as you back up bets.

Or you would not be still posting.

Drew Smith wrote:

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In Sweden, taxpayers have a voluntary checkoff box on their tax returns that determines whether or not any of their tax money goes to any church.

Yes.

So what?

Ya big dope: what part of Sweden collects taxes for churches do you not understand?

Drew Smith wrote:

An atheist is a person. A person is not a religion.

The sun rises in the east and the sun sets in the west.

barefoot2626 wrote:

Disbelief is not the same as lack of belief

From Merriam-Webster: "disbelief" - "the act of disbelieving"; "disbelieve" - "not believe"

Perhaps you should look things up before you make a fool of yourself.

Drew Smith wrote:

Yes, I am.

Actually, you aren't Clearly, you have yet to earn your GED though I certainly hope you do so you can work your way up to assistant manager at the gas station you pump now and start doing the close out paperwork.

When you learn the difference between 'disbelief' and 'lack of belief'(and that they are not the same)- you get back to me.

Theistic Satanists believe that a god exists (and that it is Satan).

barefoot2626 wrote:

I have already proved for Christians...

We weren't talking about what only Christians believe. Christians are not the only type of theist in existence.