I find it interesting...

that when I do google searches for "atheists vs muslims" or "atheists vs satanists" or "atheists vs hindus" or "atheists vs buddhists" I find virtually no debates between the two, at least not to the extent like atheism and Christianity. Is this because atheists don't have a problem with these other religions? Are they more tolerant of them? More accepting of their behavior? Do they not feel uncomfortable in their presence like they do around Christians? What IS it? I really want to know!

I want to know how they have arrived at such a level of tolerance for these other practices. When a Hindu says a prayer in the Senate, it doesn't bother them! No need to enforce any kind of ruling on the separation of church and state there. No cause for an uproar. When an elected official takes his oath of office on the Koran, no big deal. Hey, it's his religion, he's entitled to practice as he wishes, right? Leave the man alone for Darwin's sake!

Yet when a moment of silence enters the public school system, all of a sudden, shhh....it's time to feel threatened and say, "You evil and stupid XIANS (or Chians however one prefers) are trying to make us pray. Why....how DARE you do that! We will put on our atheist superhero uniforms, go to the courts and stop you, and make everything secular whether you like it or not! Mwa ahahahaah!" (There! Now we've got you! You and your silly little God and silly little Jesus won't be able to hurt us anymore.)
(Beats Christians back with copies of Atheist Universe and The Origin of Species.)


Just another question I'd like to pose: Who was it that brought down our towers on 9/11?

Were they Hindus? Nope, don't think so.
Were they Buddhists? Don't believe that was the case either.
Were those people self declared Satanists? Um, nope.
Those criminals were radical fundamentalist Muslims, with a hatred for ALL Americans, and they don't discriminate whether we are Christian, atheist, blue, green, whatever.

I just haven't seen much in the way of atheists speaking out against what happened on 9/11.
I got this from an article on barna.org, dated 6/11/07:

Most atheists and agnostics (56%) agree with the idea that radical Christianity is just as threatening in America as is radical Islam.

Here is a link to that article:
http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrow&BarnaUpdateID=272


Why is this???? Please, someone explain this to me in simple terms that a stupid Christian like myself can understand. How is Christianity as or more threatening in America as Islam?

I have a theory on why but I will save it until a later post.