Veil of Fire

I know a lot of Atheist Fundamentalists (if I may be so crude as to use that term), and all of them seem to narrow their focus to exclusively debunking the Christian/Abrahamic God.

I've always wondered if that same vitrol was applicable to gods/godesses/spirits/giant twinkies/whatever of other faiths, or if it's reserved specifically for the Christianity Triumvirate.

Any thoughts?

brighid

The reason why atheists in this forum do not focus their attention on the pantheon of pagan gods, or those of Non-Abrahamic religions is because we generally find no need to battle them to ensure the safety of our civil liberties. Presently, the Abrahamic religions have a rather exclusive stranglehold on the psyche of a majority of the world’s inhabitants. Furthermore Neo-Pagan religionists have not yet attempted to force their personal belief system upon the masses and the majority of Neo-Pagan movements are not in opposition to the advancement of science, civil liberties, democracy and freedom. But if a non JC theist were to come here and attempt to present the same type of arguments, inserting their deities in place of the JC God(s) they would be met with equal fervor and debate.

Brighid

emotional

The polytheistic deities share power and balance each other - "checks and balances" in a democratic fashion, and if you don't like one god then you can dump him and choose another.

The monotheistic deity, on the other hand, is a totalitarian dictator, much like Hitler or Stalin. You have no choice but obey him, or it will be the worse for you, and everything he does is good no matter how bad it is, because you cannot judge him. The three Abrahamic Religions are what I rightly call: Evil Religions With An Evil God. To exonerate God, those religions have fashioned Satan as the embodiment of all that is evil; however I, upon reading about God in the Bible and Qur'an, am completely perplexed as to why Satan was necessary, since God does his job (being the embodiment of all that is evil) so well. With the monotheistic deity at the helm, Satan is really unemployed.

I resist monotheism because monotheism is Satan-worship.

Godless Dave

If I lived in India I would be criticizing fundamentalist Hindus. They have a lot of influence in the Indian government and are doing some nasty shit over there.

ex-preacher

I think most of us focus on Christianity because that is what fills our own background, families, and culture.

I notice that you describe your beliefs as druid/wiccan. While no one here will probably begin a tirade against those beliefs, I feel sure that few around here share them. Most of us are equal-opportunity naturalists. We do not believe in spirits, demons, fairies, gods or ghosts (holy or otherwise).

Ron Singh

How is beleiving in the Sikh God alike to worshiping Satan?

braces_for_impact

Most atheists I know have a healthy skepticism versus anything in the realm of paranatural. Many atheists regard acceptance without evidence as dishonest. To them, faith is irrational. This certainly can create a stigma in a culture that has raised faith to "virute" status. Most posters here are from the US, which is a predomanantly christian nation, in religious terms. Christians are what we see when we turn on television, go out for fast food, or open the front door. As there are others in many countries fighting religion involving itself in government, there are those combating it here. In America, I think it's simply more visible because our rights our protected as far as what we are allowed to say. Thus our debates are most often with christians, and our topics mostly stay on christianity. I myself have debated with Muslims and Jews as well. I guess you could say I'm an equal opportunity skeptic.

emotional

If the all-controlling God exists, then the Holocaust - the programmed extermination of six million Jews, family of my grandparents included - was under his aegis. That makes him Hitler's accomplice and supervisor in crime.

Every moral human being, all the more so Jews, should be killing God, not worshipping him. When a theist praises this same God who supervised the Holocaust, it hurts my feelings. I desire to wipe all worship of God off the face of the earth.

Vorkosigan

I know Wiccans. And when I tell them I am an atheist, they don't threaten me with eternal death in hell. So why should I bother them? My Tibetan Buddhist wife tolerates my atheism. The key with Christ-inanity isn't that it is supernatural, but that it is so intolerant and authoritarian.

Vorkosigan