Originally Posted by The Unfan

I wasn't upset (nor am I), it was an honest question.

Originally Posted by Janszoon

In my experience it's the reverse that is most often the case, by far. A lot of religious people seem to get very bent out of shape at the very thought that someone could believe in "nothing". That's why no one who's an acknowledged atheist could win a presidential election in the US.

Originally Posted by Neapolitan

People get bent out of shape over any contradictory opinion. Tell a Michael Jackson fan that The Beatles were the greatest Rock band in pop music history and the MJ fan will get bent.

Relgious people should not get bent out of shape, they should understand that atheist are using free-will to not believe as theist use to believe (the same free-will God give all human beings). There's no reason they should get bent out of shape.

Originally Posted by boo boo

Because some people think it might constitute a mental illness.

I don't believe that, but I think it's rational to be a little weary of people who do things based on faith rather than logic, especially those that let faith motivate every single thing they do.

And of course, the most f*cked up sh*t in the history of mankind has been done in the name of faith. This applies to the radical athiests too because being solely convinced that there is no god is in itself a leap of faith. And those people can be just as frightening, as well Nietzsche followers who want to "kill" god, or solipsists who think they are the only valid thing in their existance and therefore "god".

In short, everybody is f*cking crazy. Except for me.