Is it normal that i think its stupid for christians and atheists to argue?

Engaging in these types of conversations is how we formulate our opinion. As long as we remember that it is only our opinion, it give us different perspectives on life. We can learn a great deal if we allow ourselves to. Just because some can't be civil, doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about it.

The Bible says in 2 Timothy 2:24- "And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil." I am a christian and I know it's silly to fight. Only to defend the faith.

Firstly, the definition of faith is belief without evidence. So it is folly to say that someone has 'faith' in science, because science is a system based on empirical observations, reasoning, and 'evidence'. Science put us on the moon, gave us cars, medicine etc. It is impossible to argue with these results. You are correct that you cannot prove that god doesn't exist; atheists only assert 'their belief' that god does not exist based on the lack of evidence for such things. Furthermore, you also cannot disprove that there is a teapot orbiting the sun or that there is an invisible unicorn in the room with you right now. Arguing with Christians is useless because logic and reason do not work on them. If they had logic and reason, they would not be Christians in the first place. The goal of arguing with Christians, for me, is not to stop their belief; my goal is to merely point out how unsound and ridiculous their beliefs are in order to give them some food for thought which may manifest itself in a new world view somewhere down the line.

Christians are exceptionally intolerant of non-Christians.

Atheists are exceptionally defensive because of all of the intolerance.

And atheism is not about a belief in science because even Christians have "faith in science"; it's a rejection of the notion of being ruled by god(s) that nobody can actually see.

You're absolutely right. But certain people won't let it lie. You have atheists who tell Christians there is no heaven, and you have Christians who tell atheists they are going to hell (despite them being good, honest, charitable atheists). People should stop arguing and just get out there and do some good, regardless of their beliefs.

THANK YOU, finally, SOMEONE sees sense in the stupid Christians vs. Atheist argument- it's frigging annoying.

Yes, it is normal- I also think the argument is stupid.

One point of view accurately reflects reality and the other doesn't. Both sides believe themselves to be right. That in and of itself is certain to cause conflict given human nature.

I think it is an important debate to have because a lot of religious people have just excepted their faith without really thinking about it. At least if they see both sides of the discussion they can make their minds up for themselves. Who knows you could even convert a few atheists if the arguments are compelling enough. Of course there will always be shitstorms and pointless name calling but name a controversial issue that doesn't.

Also if for example someone tells me I am not allowed to masturbate because of what is written in their holy book that I don't even believe in, then I don't think it's unreasonable for me to tell them to piss off and mind their own business.

Yeah, it's kinda silly how atheists try to convince believers, and believers try to convince atheists.

Allways makes me wanna say: What's the problem, guys? You either believe in that stuff or you don't, what difference does it make what other people think?

Example of flawed christian logic: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...makes perfect sense.

Pray about it. lmao

I think it's important and beneficial for both sides to engage in debate about it. I'm genuinely interested to understand how people come to have faith or arrive at other conclusions about religion. I believe that this shapes a person's whole outlook on life (or the other way around) So imo the ideal would be to discuss but not to argue. Even though we're unlikely to change from one to the other, hopefully if we try, we'll be able to better understand each other.

It's normal, but not so much to 'argue' as to 'debate'. Obviously in an ideal world people would respect others for their beliefs in an informed way and nobody would try to shove their thoughts down each others throats but I think that just comes from people's desire to want to appear as if they know what they're talking about, not to convert others (though I'm sure there are those kind of people around).
Perhaps I don't know enough militants, but debates have never escalated to arguments anywhere other than on the internet in my experience.
I don't think Christians don't go by faith alone, there's a good deal of logic involved in the thinking it took to got to some ideas! And there are more than two opinions - it's about theists in general :)
People will always try to 'win', but as you say, there's no real way of doing so.

It's normal if the debate goes nowhere (You're stupid! No you are!) but you have to challenge other people's beliefs if you're ever going to solidify your own.

if God didnt want us to argue and fight and kill each other in His name, then he would have made robots instead of humans