Originally posted by: DVad3r
I don't know any atheists in real life and all that I have met over the years have been online, mostly through games. I have come to the conclusion that atheists really try to push their views onto you and bring you down for believing in God. I, as a Roman Catholic, don't go around parading my religion or views onto anyone. I respect peoples views and have a "to each and his own approach".
Actually I shouldn't say I don't know any in real life, I do, my friends younger brother who is in high school. He goes to an all guys Catholic school and my friend and I joke around that he is the anti-christ. I find that with him, he is young, filled with tons of thoughts/ideas, but at least in real life he is respectful to a certain extent. Online he does talk a bit of smack and try to bring me down, but I tell him I don't really care what his thoughts or opinions are on the subject. I also find it funny because he has a priest as his religion teacher who is a crazy smart bastard (I had him in high school also). He won't mention to the priest he is atheist, even though he attends class everyday and completes all the assignments, conflicted thoughts of a young mind I guess.
But going back to what I was saying, I find online atheists to be very degrading and pushy, as if they want you in the same boat as them. I understand that they probably had previous dealings with crazy religious fanatics (and I can only imagine how many of those exist in the USA with hundreds if not thousands of different congregations/religions), but not everyone is a religious fanatic trying to push their thoughts onto them. What I am trying to convey is that, not everyone is a fanatic. There are people like me who care as to whether you are atheist or not, but in terms of talking to you about it, I could give a rats ass, do what you want, people have to change on their own terms and not by someone elses.
In conclusion I just wish the online atheist community would stop talking so much shit, and the religious fanatics should settle down too, your pastor is probably an ex crack addict who claims he saw the light of God (my friends Spanish "Christian" church's is).
From experience the best way to get along is to not discuss religion with each other at all unless you know 100 % that it won't affect your relationship in any way. I have good close muslim friends, jewish friends, that I've known for years and not one of us has mentioned anything religious to each other. We all do our own thing and that's that.
The online community is whack /thread