Thread: Why do Atheists only try to prove Christianity wrong?

Why does no one try to disprove Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, or any other religion and only Christianity?

Well, because you don't see many of those on this forum...

And secondly because in proving the concept of an omnipotent, omniscient God wrong in Chrisntianty, both of the other Abrahamic religions are proved wrong.

Imran

well yes one reason is because the majority of religious forum goers are Christians. Another reason is that since most of us here are in the western world, it is Christianity that is the main religion and so the most discussed. I think many of the arguments against Christianity and God can be used against most religions though. Obviously debates about Jesus more apply to Christianity, but he is present in the other religions to some extent.

Personally for me it is because most religious people i know are Christian, since i am atheist it is those people that i try and reason with, so i'll reason with Christians on this forum too. Really i don't get angry, i just tell them that i believe God is a human fantasy because we all fear death to some extent and since humans always want to answer everything, using God to answer all unknowns is very handy.

If they don't agree i'll drop it. Unless they start insulting me and constantly bugging me with "But you'll go to hell". I mean if i joined Christianity now just to saved from Hell, then i'd deserve to go since i was only paying lip service to save my own skin.

Most opportunity for lulz.

Substitute the god of your choice; the arguments apply to them all.

Originally Posted by Alcarinquë

Why does no one try to disprove Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, or any other religion and only Christianity?

No one from those religions has ever bugged me about God, knocked on my door on a Saturday, or handed me pamphlets I never asked for.

I've been accosted in the airport and at street corners a few times, but nor for a while--are there still Hare Krishnas and Moonies around? Well, it applies to them too.

Oh, recently I had some what you call 'ems, I think Jehovah's Witnesses, come to the door while I was in bed (not alone, not sleeping)...boy was I pissed. That's a good enough reason right there. Those Mormons can be annoying too.

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

I've been accosted in the airport and at street corners a few times, but nor for a while--are there still Hare Krishnas and Moonies around? Well, it applies to them too.

Oh, recently I had some what you call 'ems, I think Jehovah's Witnesses, come to the door while I was in bed (not alone, not sleeping)...boy was I pissed. That's a good enough reason right there. Those Mormons can be annoying too.

The Moonies and Hares have pretty much been shoved out of view by the LDSs and Pentecostals. The JWs are the ones that used to always knock on my door in my old neighborhood, but haven't found me since I moved three years ago.

Basically, all I really look for in a religion is that they leave me alone, and let me go to hell in peace.

Originally Posted by skysaw

Basically, all I really look for in a religion is that they leave me alone, and let me go to hell in peace.

Amen.

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

I've been accosted in the airport and at street corners a few times, but nor for a while--are there still Hare Krishnas and Moonies around? Well, it applies to them too.

Oh, recently I had some what you call 'ems, I think Jehovah's Witnesses, come to the door while I was in bed (not alone, not sleeping)...boy was I pissed. That's a good enough reason right there. Those Mormons can be annoying too.

Oh two Jehovah's Witnesses ladies came to my door just as I was coming into the house from shopping groceries, and my cats hopped all around, happy to see me.
Well, the older lady asked: Do you beleive in God?
Me: No, not really
Lady, looking at my cats: Don't you think that there is something more to people than there is to these cats?
Me: No, not really
Lady: Are you happy?
Me: Yea, sure!

Then they went away, looking disappointed ( but they did leave a pamphlet ) :p

Christianity is the largest religion in the world, no matter what people say. So it is easier to Argue that, then break it apart in the tiny "wannabe" religions. Thus there are more christians to argue with .

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That might not be true. I don't know, I don't have numbers to look at, but I'd be willing to bet at least a small amount that there are more Hindus in the world than christians. Anyway, it doesn't matter.

The countries where there are large numbers of atheists are very developed and free nations without religious persecution. These just happen to be christian dominated. Your statement I think was right, but it doesn't need to be applied to the world.

In response to the original post: I never try to argue anything. I know there is no god, you know that there is. Doesn't bother me.

Originally Posted by dodobird

Oh two Jehovah's Witnesses ladies came to my door just as I was coming into the house from shopping groceries, and my cats hopped all around, happy to see me.
Well, the older lady asked: Do you beleive in God?
Me: No, not really
Lady, looking at my cats: Don't you think that there is something more to people than there is to these cats?
Me: No, not really
Lady: Are you happy?
Me: Yea, sure!

Then they went away, looking disappointed ( but they did leave a pamphlet ) :p

Rofl, people are animals. This has been proven. The only differences are:
1. Sentiecy
2. Ability to build (sentiecy)
3. Desruction of natural environment (Sentiecy)
4. <insert other harmful things>

Yes, i'll bet you're wondering why i didn't list communities? Because animals form communities too. People are just sentient creatures starving for a reason to exist, for whatever reason. I still don't get why there HAS to be a higher power, honestly. We exist, and came to exist wthout one, lol.

Originally Posted by Seismosaur

I still don't get why there HAS to be a higher power, honestly. We exist, and came to exist wthout one, lol.

We are self aware. Yes, so are monkeys. But we also have the ability to reason. We need reason and with out it, we are lost. So we create.

We create an almighty that can sustain all these answers that we can't. It sets some free.

I myself have no answer to how we became to exist. I higher power of some kind is the best answer I have heard so far.

Organized religion on the other hand is the best way to organize a heard of sheople.

Originally Posted by dodobird

Oh two Jehovah's Witnesses ladies came to my door just as I was coming into the house from shopping groceries, and my cats hopped all around, happy to see me.
Well, the older lady asked: Do you beleive in God?
Me: No, not really
Lady, looking at my cats: Don't you think that there is something more to people than there is to these cats?
Me: No, not really
Lady: Are you happy?
Me: Yea, sure!

Then they went away, looking disappointed ( but they did leave a pamphlet ) :p

I have found that inviting them inside to sit down for a long debate on the existence of God gets the word out that they all need to stay away from my house.

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Ok, here is Earth's chart of sentiecy, as you can see, i only placed a few examples, but this DOES measure sentiecy accuratley ^.^

Originally Posted by skysaw

No one from those religions has ever bugged me about God, knocked on my door on a Saturday, or handed me pamphlets I never asked for.

Those are so called Christians. I dont do that

That's 'cuz people are starting to grow up a bit, and wouldn't believe your ludicrous claims .

Originally Posted by Alcarinquë

Why does no one try to disprove Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, or any other religion and only Christianity?

While there are a lot of threads started here that are attempting to disprove it, the truth is, for the most part, atheists, and especially agnostics, aren't trying to disprove anything. They'd simply like it if the various religions (and in north america, that mostly means christianity) would stop doing two things:

1) Pestering them to convert
2) Trying to force their views on others indirectly by denying that church and state should be separate.

That is all. I agree though, the battle should be fought where it belongs: Instead of trying to disprove this and point out contradictions on that, we should instead unite and fight for separation of church and state.

Originally Posted by Alcarinquë

Why does no one try to disprove Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, or any other religion and only Christianity?

Some of us had a very long debate with a Muslim named Tarek a few months ago. There are two threads in this forum where Tarek debated several atheists. I debated Dodobird, a Jew, for a little bit in this forum not too long ago. I wish there were more people of non-Christian religions to debate here, but there aren't. Also, I have a special interest in debating Christians because I used to be one and Christianity is the dominant religion in my country, and I live in the most Christian region of it, the Bible Belt. But if you know people of other religions who would like to discuss or debate religion, tell them to come on over.

Somebody, please, tell me, WHY do people come to your door and try to convert you? WHY do people scream at students in the middle of a college campus, holding up grotesque pictures of dead babies?

I just want to know why.

Originally Posted by Mes Tarrant

Somebody, please, tell me, WHY do people come to your door and try to convert you? WHY do people scream at students in the middle of a college campus, holding up grotesque pictures of dead babies?

I just want to know why.

Simply because Jesus said, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."

Originally Posted by Xaqaria

Simply because Jesus said, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."

and yet, they never want to preach to my kitty Julan, i bet he would at least show slight interest.