Atheisim pointless?

[Costner]

I was watching a video on YouTube titled “Seth McFarlane on atheism” if you don’t know, Seth McFarlene is the creator of family guy and doesn’t believe in god. In this video he’s asked by this Talk show guy if he’s an atheist in which he replied yes and everyone started clapping and cheering. I have no idea why. Can you guys watch this video on YouTube and tell me why everyone on the show were celebrating and who were the people sitting next to him?

Anyways, when I was reading the comments I read a few post that brought up some points That are interesting

Why are atheist so interested in disproving something they don’t believe in?
Why do they care so much that they feel the need to tell everyone they don’t believe in god?
Couldn’t they just simply not believe in god instead of Following all these pointless atheism movements???

I mean there’s a lot of people out there who don’t believe in the tooth fairy, but do you see any movements dedicated to not believing it?

I’m wondering what do you guys on the CAF think about these points and why you think atheist believe in what they believe and do what they do. And why you think SOME are always so angry.

And if you can answer my question on the first paragraph that would help too

 

[Hokomai]

Costner;9623873]

I was watching a video on YouTube titled “Seth McFarlane on atheism” if you don’t know, Seth McFarlene is the creator of family guy and doesn’t believe in god. In this video he’s asked by this Talk show guy if he’s an atheist in which he replied yes and everyone started clapping and cheering. I have no idea why. Can you guys watch this video on YouTube and tell me why everyone on the show were celebrating and who were the people sitting next to him?

The producers hold up signs saying ‘applause’.

Anyways, when I was reading the comments I read a few post that brought up some points That are interesting

Why are atheist so interested in disproving something they don’t believe in?

I am not sure that this is the case. I think they re often interested in why nd how others believe, as it seems so (and I mean this with no offence) strange.

Why do they care so much that they feel the need to tell everyone they don’t believe in god?

I imagine that in the US, where I have not been for a while, they are tired of people constantly assuming they do, writing about God on their money, sticking him in oaths, and invoking him at every opportunity as in the President’s constant “God Bless America”.

Couldn’t they just simply not believe in god instead of Following all these pointless atheism movements???

I am sure atheist non-attendance at atheist gatherings is close to 100%

I mean there’s a lot of people out there who don’t believe in the tooth fairy, but do you see any movements dedicated to not believing it?

Try putting “In the tooth fairy we trust” on the money, and having the US nuclear arsenal in the hands of people who believe in the tooth fairy, and see if anyone gets worried.

I’m wondering what do you guys on the CAF think about these points and why you think atheist believe in what they believe and do what they do. And why you think SOME are always so angry.

Some ‘public’ atheists do behave as if they believe in non-belief (which I think is a religious impulse). Others genuinely believe that religion creates big problems for individuals and society, ranging from children living in terror of they or their loved ones going to hell to the attack on the World Trade Centre. And it makes them angry, just as some of the things done by non-believers make believers angry, too.

And if you can answer my question on the first paragraph that would help too

I have done my best.

 

[JRKH]

I was watching a video on YouTube titled “Seth McFarlane on atheism” if you don’t know, Seth McFarlene is the creator of family guy and doesn’t believe in god. In this video he’s asked by this Talk show guy if he’s an atheist in which he replied yes and everyone started clapping and cheering. I have no idea why. Can you guys watch this video on YouTube and tell me why everyone on the show were celebrating and who were the people sitting next to him?

I like Hokomie’s comment on the applause thing…They hold up signs that say applause…

Why are atheist so interested in disproving something they don’t believe in?

This is too broad a brush. Some atheists are like this, but perhaps the majority are more in the nature of - “I just don’t care…so leave me alone”…

Why do they care so much that they feel the need to tell everyone they don’t believe in god?

While I haven’t looked at the video…by your OP it appears that it was the show’s HOST who prompted the revelation…not Mr. McFarlane himself. If one is asked, should they lie??

Couldn’t they just simply not believe in god instead of Following all these pointless atheism movements???

I’m sure that most atheists are just as happy to not talk about it at all…except for those pesky “theists” who are always trying to “Save” them…

I mean there’s a lot of people out there who don’t believe in the tooth fairy, but do you see any movements dedicated to not believing it?

Nor are their movements insisting that you MUST believe in the tooth fairy or be damned…

I’m wondering what do you guys on the CAF think about these points and why you think atheist believe in what they believe and do what they do. And why you think SOME are always so angry.

Well - my brief answers are above…As for the why they believe as they do and why some are so angry…Those questions are too broad. There can be many many reasons…
My guess though is that the most common reason some are so adamant and/or angry is because they feel “put upon” - pushed - by theists to believe something that they have dismissed.
Also - and depending on their particular background - they may truly feel that theistic beliefs are a negative influence on society as a whole…Naturally something that we would disagree with.

That said, I have talked with many atheists who are well spoken, kind, forthright, charitable - not angry at all, but firm in their convictions and their beliefs.
It is important that we, as Christians, do not fall into the trap of painting such people as “enemies” instead of “lost sheep”…
It is not our place to judge, but to share…It is not our place to push (force) our beliefs on others but to draw others toward God by our lives.

Peace
James

 

[User124]

Why are atheist so interested in disproving something they don’t believe in?
Why do they care so much that they feel the need to tell everyone they don’t believe in god?
Couldn’t they just simply not believe in god instead of Following all these pointless atheism movements???

I mean there’s a lot of people out there who don’t believe in the tooth fairy, but do you see any movements dedicated to not believing it?

I’m wondering what do you guys on the CAF think about these points and why you think atheist believe in what they believe and do what they do. And why you think SOME are always so angry.

And if you can answer my question on the first paragraph that would help too

I consider gods to be a part of tooth fairies, the differences is that gods have more influence on people’s mentalities, societies, politics, economy, sciences, behaviors and traditions…

This could be a reason why some atheists are “angry”, being an activist is not only a matter of a belief or disbelief, it’s a matter of everything in life.

 

[Contra_Mundum_1]

Being an atheist in certain circles means that you are intelligent, educated and in step with the times. Much of pop culture supports and promotes this assumption. I guess that people who like this show subscribe to the ideology behind it.

 

[Julian0404]

Personal thoughts on subject:

The concept of “GOD” has failed the atheist in some aspect of their human formation - intellectually, physically, emotionally, spiritually, pyschologically etc - ( Ted Turner prayed that his sister be saved from cancer, and when she died he has ever since been a very ardent atheist ); and that failure prohibits them - at this moment in time - from embracing GOD.

The longer they live apart from GOD the deeper becomes their desensitization to the knowledge of GOD and without GOD their “self” becomes their “ALL” and the manifestation of their whole experience and continued formation; and therefore, to accept GOD is to deny the “self” they have manifested and “self-denial” is very difficult, but “self-celebration” is very easy. Celebrating your anger and/or refusal of GOD becomes like breathing, and finding others further deepens your separation from GOD.

It will truly take GOD to overcome the “self” that atheist have subsituted in HIS place.

 

[Skygor]

Pointless? No, atheism has a point and motive. Intentionally or unintentional they wish to remove God. Once they remove God, then the values, actions, practices, etc. is in the hands of the next powerfully entity. The best candidates are governments, conglomerates, international organizations (i.e. the United Nations), or those who are greatly entrenched in the zeitgeist (“spirit of the times”).

Why they want this varies person to person. It can be to cope with great suffering, anger at God, pride of intelligence and achievement of Man, or just plain lust for power over others.

 

[Costner]

Personal thoughts on subject:

The concept of “GOD” has failed the atheist in some aspect of their human formation - intellectually, physically, emotionally, spiritually, pyschologically etc - ( Ted Turner prayed that his sister be saved from cancer, and when she died he has ever since been a very ardent atheist ); and that failure prohibits them - at this moment in time - from embracing GOD.

The longer they live apart from GOD the deeper becomes their desensitization to the knowledge of GOD and without GOD their “self” becomes their “ALL” and the manifestation of their whole experience and continued formation; and therefore, to accept GOD is to deny the “self” they have manifested and “self-denial” is very difficult, but “self-celebration” is very easy. Celebrating your anger and/or refusal of GOD becomes like breathing, and finding others further deepens your separation from GOD.

It will truly take GOD to overcome the “self” that atheist have subsituted in HIS place.

I liked your answer.