Not exact matches
A million times more
people have been kiIIed by
religious zealots in the name of their relgion
than an
atheist in the name of atheism.
The young minority of young
people that survive to become an
atheist (or something other
than religious) now have access to the internet and all that implies.
I personally hear the
atheists I know complain more
than the
religious people about others talking about their beliefs, could just be the
people I know though.
Just as ridiculous as being an extreme
religious person or being an
atheist which both have more in common with each other
than they let on.
I know
people who are not affiliated with any religion (agnostic, not
atheist) that are far more humane in action
than any number of «
religious»
people.
All available studies show
atheists to commit significantly less crime
than religious people.
«
Religious people think
Atheists are
people who have been subtly convinced by the devil to believe in themselves more
than believing in God...»
According to the work produced by David B. Barrett's
religious statistics organisation (FYI, the man was a Christian no less)
atheists number more
than Jews, Sikh's, Shintos, Baha'is, Jains, combined, and if you want to consider all «non -
religious / secular / agnostic /
atheist» together, since the whole «non-religion» movement is kinda riddled with
people who find conontations of words like «
atheist» to be bad enough to not want to declare themselves
atheist, you'll find the number of that non-
religious group also amounts more
than those religions plus buddhism, and taoism or even Confucianism.
WE all know that ideas and truth mean more to
Atheists than to
religious people (who are happy with fairytales).
Atheists simply have their natural instincts of empathy less - adjusted
than religious people and so, generally are more moral.
@Maani: «it does not change the fact that more
people have died under
atheist - led regimes
than under
religious - led ones.»
Stephen Fry is attributed with a quote that all
religious people need to hear and reconcile with themselves: «I assert we are both
atheists, I just believe in one fewer god
than you.
While you may or may not be correct re the «reasoning» you cite, it does not change the fact that more
people have died under
atheist - led regimes
than under
religious - led ones.
Reading the comments... couldn't help but notice the
atheists getting even more far out there
than the so called
religious persons ie:
I think
religious people aren't necessarily less intelligent or less educated
than atheists — although a disproportionate number of highly educated
people tend to reject religion.
Can you back up your implication that
atheists are more attached to money
than religious people with any kind of facts?
So when encountering a
religious person who is smarter
than they are, the whole stereotype crumbles, and the whole «Being an
atheist means I'm smart» schtick is called into question.
Considering
atheists are being effected by religion a lot more
than the average
person (whether self inflicted or not) it makes sense you'd find
atheists commenters on
religious artcles.
«In reality,
people who are
religious or hold to some conception of God aren't any different
than atheists.
Jim,
atheists, as a group, have higher IQs and greater levels of scholastic achievement
than do
religious people.
The type of
atheists, like most on this post, that continue with the ridiculous assertion that there can be nothing greater
than us that exists above or outside of our little physical realm, are simply either intellectually stunted individuals, or more likely, bitter
people who have gotten their panties in a bunch because some
religious text contains some apparent condemnation of their lifestyle.
It is little wonder that
atheists know more
than religious people.
i know that faith is strong in most
religious people, but i have been told that i am more christ like
than many christians, and i am an
Atheist!
Science has shown
atheists have a higher intelligence
than people with a strong
religious faith.
Bostontola — I don't know if you are new to CNN, buddy, but
ATHEISTS Paint all
people of a
religious group with a broad brush is worse
than lack of forgiveness, it aims to convict
people with no evidence much like racism.
Either
atheists makes up a much larger percentage of the population
than you want to let on, or most of these
people that actually committed the atrocities were
religious.
Atheists and agnostics are more driven by compassion to help others
than are highly
religious people, a new study finds.
I can have nothing in common whatsoever with a stranger who is an
Atheist, and yet still have more in common with that
Atheist than a
person I've known for years who happens to be
religious.
Later I did stop going to Church but also never joined a gang — moved on from that neighborhood FYI — If this all puzles u, even as an
Atheist my morals are as strong and probably stronger
than those of most
religious people.
I know many
Atheists prefer to act in an opposite manner
than the
religious people by actually NOT being blunt and open about their beliefs.
Atheists preach more
than religious people do here.
The
religious indoctrination in those
people is so complete that when they encounter somebody who actually is an
Atheist it results in them becoming automatically defensive... as if another
person simply believing differently
than them is somehow an attack on their beliefs.
Religious people in general are more proud to be British
than those who call themselves
atheists or non-believers, the survey by the think tanks Demos said.
While it is more newsworthy when an
atheist becomes
religious since it is far more rare
than a
religious person becoming an
atheist I find the story misleading in that it implies this was a prominent
atheist.
So who cares about
religious people, you can't convince someone of reality when they fabricate their own, they fabricate their proof, their facts, best thing is just do your thing and stay way from them as much possible, most of the times they turn more
people into
atheists than atheists themselves by the things they say and do anyway, lol so no need for us to do it.
If man were so enlightened then why did
atheists like Pol Pot, Stalin and Mao, kill more
people in the enlightened 20 century,
than in all the
religious wars combined?
Atheists are more stupid
than religious people because at least
religious people have a purpose for their belief other
than being contrarian.
Studies have repeatedly shown that
atheists usually know more about religion
than religious people.
Studies have shown that
religious people in general are more mentally healthy
than atheists by a fairly wide margin.
I would rather listen to educated
religious people disagree with one another
than listen to an uneducated
atheist who can't spell.
However as a human being I would relate much better with a
religious person who has an open mind
than with an
atheist who only wants to argue why there right.
If
atheist were as rational as they propose, they would realize that calling
religious people names isn't furthering the goal of converting anyone to their way of thinking any more
than it is affecting pending legislation.
Atheists are probably better aware of that
than most «
religious»
people.
It is a well known fact that
atheists are more likely to help
people in need
than religious folks.
Example:
religious people tend to be happier
than most
atheist.
On the contrary, and I think most
atheists will agree with me, we're quicker to say «I don't know» quicker
than religious people.
A
person who's a conservative / Republican politically and
atheist faith wise, typically self - identifies far more as the former
than the latter, and as such would be less inclined to discuss their
religious views in the first place in public (even witout concern of their political ambitions).
And then, nodding toward Dawkins and Ann Druyan, he suggested that «
atheists and agnostics are a whole lot more evangelical
than religious people are.»