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What are your biggest pet peeves in the atheism community? (lemmy.world)
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Here are my top 3:

  1. Whataboutism with Christainity - I've been a vocal critic of islam in atheist spaces for well over a decade. There has not been a single instance of me criticizing islam where I did not get a hoard of atheists bringing up Christianity for no reason. There's no relevance and no point to it, but they get really mad when I try to focus on islam. It's like why can't they just accept that islam or other religions can be criticized on their own merits independently?

  2. Self centered American atheists - Whenever I ever bring up my and my family's experiences in the middle east and how horrible islam is over there, there will always be a handful of ignorant American atheists who can't comprehend that the world is more than their country. No ISIS and your dumb MAGA uncle are not the same.

  3. "All religions are bad" - I hate this statement because it's like "all lives matter". Yeah, no shit all religions are bad. That's literally the baseline of any atheist community. All the discussions lie in the nuances beyond that. Smearing this statement all over atheist spaces is completely meaningless.

What about you guys? Are there any things in the atheist community that you noticed that make your eyes twitch? I would love to hear them.

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[–] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The burden of proof should be on the person making claims in a god. Not on the people who question someone's statement based on subjective opinion.

If I say, the tooth fairy exists. And you don't believe me.
And then I say. I shouldn't have to prove to you the tooth fairy exists. You should have to prove they don't!

It's not up to me to disprove something someone invented. Me telling you I found money under my pillow as a kid and I felt the presence of the tooth fairy on multiple occasions should not be enough to convince you they exist.

There is no objective evidence for the existence of a god or God- like creator. Nor that of the tooth fairy.

Why are you on an atheist community?

You won't convince us that your God is real. Or any other.

I don't care if other people believe in the existence of a god or not. It's a personal choice. You go ahead and believe whatever you like. It has zero impact on my life.

Most atheists feel this way. We just don't care to force our religious beliefs on others.

Why do you have such a problem with others not believing what you believe ?

Do you feel insecure about your beliefs when confronted with people who reject them ?

I never understood this belief-insecurity that so many religious people have.

Why is it so important to you that others believe in your opinion on this ?

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