If this makes any sense, I think it's because denial or criticism of God, Jesus or the Bible is hitting them right where they live. I think some people feel like they're personally being criticised when Christianity is criticised, because that is what they believe and those beliefs, their Faith, are a fundamental part of their self. That's the way I see it anyway, but I'm an Atheist on the outside looking in.

Because if they deny the existence of all dieties except their own, and then you deny the existence of that one, then they have no dieties left and have to become Athiests. They don't really want that.

SOME Christians get upset about this in the same way that SOME members of other faiths get upset about the same thing. ***************************** Edit. Those of them who do get upset probably do so because they want everybody to have the opportunity to have everlasting life, as they believe they do. In other words they are expressing concern for the welfare of the person doing the denying.

You must understand and respect these people that they are programmed to respond and act as they do in a self serving and self riteous manner. I am not saying that it is wrong for them to believe as they do, it is their right to believe whatever they wish. However, they get annoyed if not burned up if others do not believe as they do and they feel it is their personal mission to convert others to their sect and way of thinking. Their response represents a religion of insecurity, it's followers feel insecure if they do not control others ways of thinking. The Christians imparticular use the Bible to justify their tactics, yet, they avoid the logical and critical thinking to discern between historical fact, and esoteric scribing. The Bible is not a factual document, it is a collection of storys, prayers, myths, and legends, which have come under great scrutiny from the historical and archealogical society's. The bible was written second hand, with second hand information, by a few well learned people, in an illiterate world, people were very suseptible, and simple minded and would believe anything they were told at the time. Not very many people of that time even knew how to scrall their name on papyrus, much less understand the concepts of critical thinking and logical reasoning. Perhaps Christians feel they must carry on such tradtions, which have been handed down by man over the centurys. --Smiley;I ran out of room on the comment page so I posted this here, sorry it's a bit long winded. Anybody has the potential to commune with spirituality, but, what needs to be in Q is, what is spirituality? Spirituality is very often taken out of context to suit the needs of a given sect, without concern for the effects it will have on other spiritual beings, being me and you. Religion can change, if you referance history, there is a vast amount of evidence that they change all the time, they metamorphosis from one sect into another, as it suits them, but usually always with the same autodogmatic outcome. What many religious sects and fanatics fear, is the sense of losing control,... We are on the verge of a new spiritual awaking, the realization, the quickening, that we are all part of the same common goal that the universe has intended for us. People have always resisted change, and religion has consistently tried to impede the spiritual growth of man through dogma and doctrine, which are nothing more than methods of controlling people by fear, hence the term, God fearing. The first step to conquering this fear, is realizing, that each one of us, are the - & + of the universe, and this order of chaos is in perfect working order just as the universe intended on it, it's a perfect balance, and this scale, is inside each and everyone of us, the universe, does not stand on a quicksand foundation of fear. The universal conciousness does not disseminate or discriminate between - & +, everything is as it should be in the universe, there is no good in the universe, there is no bad in the universe, there is no sin in the universe, there is no evil in the universe, and there is no diety in the universe, their is only the universal conciousness, it has been here looong before man showed up, and it will be here long after we are extinct, nature in all it's glory if you will, working in perfect clockwork unison, without any autodogmatic influence whatsoever by man.

Why pick on Christians? Muslims are the same ("THere is one God, Allah and Mohammed is his prophet"). Jewish believers would be the same ("Thou shalt have no other gods but me"). Be realistic. If someone believes strongly in something, of course they will be upset if you attack it. But stop picking on one particular group, or do you do it because you know that you won't get a fatwa from a Christian?

1) why just Christians? 2) because the basis of their belief is not a logical theory (e.g. the categorical imperative) 3) they do not necessarily get upset, if they are open minded and tolerant. They could let you in your own belief. 4) unfortunately, some believers take the mere exposition of another point of view as a personal insult or an insult against their highests beliefs 5) naturally, the negation sometimes could take the form of an insult, it depends how it is said and where are your personal limits. Some just have very low limits. 6) so it depends what is the meaning of deny: if you just say "I do not believe that the God of the Christians exist", it is your belief. But if you say "How fool must be the Christian to believe in their God, as it does not even exist", you are insulting them (naming them "fools").

Because they believe in the “one, true God” of the Bible. When you get right down to it, there is a fight in the universe between good and evil. Between Jehovah God and Stan the Devil, one of His former angels. As it says at 1 John 3:8 God will use His Son Christ Jesus to destroy all evil. “ He who carries on sin originates with the Devil, because the Devil has been sinning from [the] beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was made manifest, namely, to break up the works of the Devil.”

All Christians do not get upset. In fact, I have never known one who did. I consider myself a Christian, that is my choice, and I respect the choices of others. Please don't lump all Christians into one category. God gave mankind free will, who am I to go against that? If I were to go around screaming and ranting about my beliefs, not only would I look like I doubted them, but would make God look bad too. My God is patient, kind, tolerant and loving. I think that it hurts him very deeply when he sees some of the things that go on...but free will is just that. He wants people to come to him willingly not dragged kicking and screaming the whole way. He does not want to be forced down anyone's throat. Men do that on their own.

I think religion is just an addiction much like alcoholism, drugs, gaming, etc., although religion in most circumstances it is not harmful. Have you ever talked to an active drug addict or alcoholic and told them their addiction of choice is bad for them? Well I feel the same is true for the religious, their deity is their addiction and crutch when you deny it they become threatened and defensive.

That's a pretty general statement. All christians I am sure don't behave that way. It's pretty amazing how much discussion and debate religion stirs up, whether you believe or not. Probably because there are no answers, other than indiviual interpretation of a book written many years ago, based on the author's interpretations. Personally I believe in a higher power, and you can believe in whatever you choose. It 'gets me through the night'.

In my experiences, Christians take the age-old arguments for the existence of God, such as the argument to design or first cause, which not surprisingly have been refuted by philosophers and thinkers nearly since their conception. In a nutshell, the former substitutes emotion for logic, whereas the second begs the question of who created the Creator. I find these to be strong arguments for a flowery speech, but not much more. But why this is not attributed to other gods is a sociological matter (I think). Those who aren't Chrisitan are typically not Westerners, so they are not "enlightened;" this is basically ethnocentrism, meaning that our home, the West in this example, is just "better" than the rest of the world's, for various reasons. After all, Muslims kill people and Indians worship elephant-headed gods. A corpse on a cross, however, just makes sense. This is prejudice and ignorance on a grand scale, but to be fair it is largely non-malicious. Another powerful factor in some Christians' reasoning lies in the beneficial effects of praying (or meditating, for that matter). Because you become calm when you concentrate on one thing for a while, this is a sign that your God exists. Norman Vincent Peale made good use of this a few decades ago in his best-selling book "The Power of Postive Thinking." Although studies have shown that prayer is physically good for the individual, I remember another fairly recently having shown that it does not have any effect on other people or uncontrollable circumstances. To a skeptic, this is not surprising. Note: And yes, AR, as you said in other comment boxes, you should have worded the question differently. By simply saying "Christians" instead of "some Christians," everyone rightly inferred that you meant all Christians. No one should need to assume that by making the word plural you simply and innocently mean more than one.

We 'Christians' don't get any more upset than Wiccans do when their belief system is ridiculed, or Buddhists, or Jews, or Janisms, or Hindus, or Satanists, or ... Here on AB there are MANY questions that ridicule/belittle our beliefs. There are MANY, MANY, MANY answers that are purposely and extemely offensive. When we answer question positively for our Abba Father in Heaven we are down rated. When a question asks for our opinion and we give a 'Christian' opinion it is down rated. So that might be why 'we get upset.' I know that there are other gods out there, I do not believe in them. This is blasphemouns against my God, whom I know to be the one and true God. In His service, <:))))<>< "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:21

I don't really get upset at them for denying the God that I believe in but rather get upset for them. What they say will not change the fact that I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and I don't believe that it will affect His existence any bit because He is the I AM. He doesn't need anyone to help Him exist. God is self-sufficient and self-reliant. However, I do get upset for them because they deny Christ and they are going to burn in the lake of fire forever unless they believe in and receive Him before it's too late. All I can do is pray for them and witness to them. I hope that this helps. Thank you and God bless you!

Hypocrisy.

Because people all want to think they are right. If you say that they are wrong, they get angry. Especially when people are so adamant about their beliefs. Its hypocritical, at least.

They're TOLD to do that from an early age, and are afraid to think any other way. Even for a second.