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anonymous
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no, to each his/her own
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You could call it that, but I think 'Defiant' would be a better word.
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Not really. But I do feel people just don't want to hear it. Why bring it up. who cares anyway. I think most of the negative response Atheist get is because they always word their remarks in such a way as to belittle or inflame "believers". For some reason they believe they are more intellegent than those that have religious faith. Science hasn't managed to figure out how to end physical death. Why would anyone think that science can figure out whether there is a God or not. There are thousands of other things to talk about. Why bring it up. Especially when you know the other person ( your Mother) doesn't want to hear it.
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I don't. People believe what they believe, and there is nothing wrong with that.
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Yes. That's what most Christians seem to call me. But that could just be my personality, I'm really quite opinionated, as some unfortunate people on this site are discovering.
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Atheism IS an arrogant belief system. Atheists state as a matter of FACT that god does NOT exist (like they KNOW). An atheist simply cannot PROVE that god does NOT exist - for that matter NO ONE can prove that god DOES exist. To state something as fact, with no way to back it up, is not only arrogant, it's a losers game. Perhaps I misuse the term, but I call myself a agnostic. I simply don't KNOW what the truth is, therefore I will not go around stating that I do. Having said that, I CHOOSE to believe in the basic concepts (like most of the 10 commandments) supported by Christianity and many other religions. It is a choice based on instinct, and crude observation and analysis of our world, but I freely admit I have no provable evidence.
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Not by me, so in my case, no. I've never really gone tit-for-tat with an athiest, based on the fact that it's not my place to say whether someone is right or wrong in their beliefs, so I can't say from my perspective that they're arrogant. I DO think they're interesting, though, for many reasons.
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Yes, it is. Atheism is rather defiance of peoples opinions. We will all discover soon enough the power, or lack of power of God if we are judges upon our death. Often, atheism truly is not a matter of arrogant people, but people upbrought with different beliefs. One day, we will ultimately discover that we of one religion are all right - or all destined for the bad side of things. Some atheist, as christians are as well, are arrogant, but this is the persons stupidity, not the facts of the beliefs that people share.
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Among other things, yes. I am a closeted atheist. The only people who know are my family and my significant other. My family is still appalled and I became an atheist at 11 years of age. I am nearly 40 now.
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I don't think atheism is arrogant. There are many arrogant atheists (and theists) though.
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