Christians are so Mean
It has become ridiculously obvious to me that every time it becomes apparent that I am not a religious believer one of the very first things that happens is that some believer (usually a Christian) will insult me.
When this happened over the weekend, I called the particular person out on the insult and proceeded with the conversation is a very polite manner. I even asked if the person wanted to continue in the conversation because often times religious people talk about religion without wanting to get into a real conversation about it. She said that she wanted to continue the conversation and then started to insult me further.
This isn’t the only time that has happened and it doesn’t just happen to individuals. Recently, an atheist billboard in Idaho was vandalized. The billboard wasn’t even challenging religion it was just a message to other atheists. But a quick comparison between Christian billboards and atheist billboards shows that a large number of Christian billboards are intentionally offensive while most atheist billboards tend to be as polite as possible. You can check out some of what I am talking about on the Billboard Wars page right here on Dangerous Talk.
The point of today’s blog is that it seems that the mere existence of atheists seems to be an open invitation for Christians to be mean, offensive, and immoral. Whether it is billboards or personal conversations, as soon as Christians in general hear the about someone who doesn’t believe they go right on the war path. The tragic irony is that atheists are the ones who get the bad reputation of being mean when all we do is doubt.
Filed under: conversation, discussion, Projection, Religion
