Most Atheists seem arrogant and angry

You cannot say this with 100% accuracy. Just saying.

I know. I couldn't say (with 100% accuracy) that the calculator on my desk won't grow arms and legs, go and open my garage, take out a chainsaw and murder me in my sleep either.

But I'll be happy enough closing my eyes tonight knowing that it won't.

I never said you knew little of religion. Just with the amount of negative things you just put on this "tyrant" it makes me think you are quite anti-Christian now that you've escaped your parent's grasp which you shouldn't be... Saying to someone you're being irrational because they believe something different to you is utterly ridiculous. You can say you don't agree with them, which is fair enough, but you shouldn't resort to insulting them.
And to be honest not all aspects of Christianity work like a "Big Brother-type regime" it only becomes like that if you don't pick and choose parts of it you agree with. It's like supporting a Government, you don't agree with all of what they want but you agree with most of it, does that make you irrational ?

Escaped my parents grasp? What does that mean? I still live with them, I'm only 18 lol. But I have certainly escaped the grasp of Christianity.

I am anti-religion. What your ideology wants to impose on the world is evil. And I do not call your belief irrational because it is different to mine, I call your belief irrational because it has absolutely no basis in reason and evidence. It is a fairytale. I disagree with insulting religious people, but I have no qualms about insulting their beliefs.

And yes, yes the whole of Christianity is about submitting to a Big Brother regime. At its core, that is what it is about. It is about quaking in fear while you worship and sing praises to a deity who could not care less about you - only about receiving his worship. May I also mention that the government analogy is flawed because the purpose of the government, at its core, is to protect, preserve and promote the protection and wellbeing of its citizens. Christianity is not. You are expected to die for God if need be.

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."

Emotional argument much?

Certainly not. My argument is founded upon reason. You will see what I am talking about when you listen to a biblical sermon or read the Bible itself. Look at the language. Look at the general ideas you are being told to adopt. If you prefer not to do that, then watch debates including Christopher Hitchens. He makes the same point I'm making again and again. Religion destroys freedom; it does not grant it.

>Says argument is based on reason

>Name drops Christopher Hitchens.

>Also has no argument.


I advise you to read some real philosophy not this new-atheist crap.

Lol, I'm not looking at "new atheist crap". I have only started watching those videos recently, on the whole I have disagreed with religion after independent thought. And it's almost 12 and I have an exam tomorrow, so I need to shoot off now lol. I can't fully explain everything here. Do drop me some "real philosophy" books though; I love philosophy.

How do you know the Milky Way is our Galaxy side on and not actually the Ozone layer deteriorating but you can actually only see it at night without light pollution? That sounds pretty delusional but it could be right. That example of the Earth being flat is the same as Heaven and Hell. We don't know it so we make something up.

He's 'generalising', Then why don't you atheists stop 'generalising' all theists as deluded. It could be something extremely personal like a murdered member in the family. The crimal has never been found, which in this case many will believe in God. For the ultimate justice. There are many key reasons why believe in God.

Nowhere near that, athiest make up like 2 - 15% of the world population by most estimates.

Wow, really? I would have assumed it would be more. Why are there so many thesists? D:

how do we seem arrogant? by making perfectly valid criticisms towards religions? is that arrogance if we happen to be perfectly rational in those criticisms? what constitutes arrogance? being wrong or being right? or both? and in what conditions?

FWIW, the most angry and arrogant person I have ever met was my old parish priest.

He was not a good advertisement for his faith.

Only trivial to people who think they know everything.

No-one on this planet knows what happens after they die. No-one. So if you were afraid of death and invented something to calm you then fair enough. It's not deranged to believe those things, it's human nature. Is it deranged to believe the NSA are watching our every move and if we take a wrong step we'll end up in prison or worse? Do you think those people ever thought it was deranged to think the world was flat? Or that the Earth was the centre of the galaxy (Don't quote me on that one) ? If you think religion is absurd then please ignore our entire history of absurd ideas.

How do you know the Milky Way is our Galaxy side on and not actually the Ozone layer deteriorating but you can actually only see it at night without light pollution? That sounds pretty delusional but it could be right. That example of the Earth being flat is the same as Heaven and Hell. We don't know it so we make something up.

Probably because you live in the UK, large portions of Asia, Africa, South America are still very religious. Also Many people who may not follow religion may be reluctant to call themselves athiest, so won't be counted.