Is it normal for atheists to always act so conceited?

Replace 'atheist' with 'christian' and that's exactly how I feel! At my university we constantly get churches or random maniacs who have a huge sign saying that were going to hell. It doesn't get more obnoxious than that. Christians always have that righteous, holier than thou attitude and disapprove of everything else

hahahannah said:
"You're stupid. There is no "god" we're right and that's the end of it. I'm so sick of ignorant people, shut the fuck up!"

At last.. an enlightened intellectual has entered the debate.

Please elaborate so we can all share your secret omniscience.

Your branching a who group together and that isn't far. Every Christian I've ever met truly believes if you don't believe what they believe then your going to he'll and they HAVE to try and convert you before it's to late. But that doesn't mean my experiences in christian makes all I'd them that way. Don't group people like that. People are egosentric, not the religion they are grouped in

I'm only an athiest because baby sammiches are so yummy!

They are rejecting the beliefs of others. My theology teacher in college said that just b/c you don't believe the beliefs of others, you are not atheistic or agnostic.I thought I was agnostic b/c I grew up in racist, ignorant, fundamentalist church. After studying for two years, I began to find a way I could believe and that Christianity was nothing like I had experienced as a child . I think they have had bad experiences.

Every religion has arrogant people, not just atheism.

Most of the athiests I know don't believe in God or the supernatural because something happened to them that made them bitter towards religion. They like to tell me how wrong I am for believing in God, and a couple in particular like to point out hypocritical behavior on religious people to me. They act like it makes them feel superior.

A few athiests I know believe the way they do because they thought long and hard about it, and decided that they genuinely didn't believe that anything supernatural existed. These are the athiests I respect. They respect my beliefs just as I respect theirs, and are open to talking about religion, but don't push their beliefs on me or try to make me feel inferior.

So true! I'm sure they're not all lik that but any atheists that i have met critisise and mock religion. They're anti-religious views are so strong that they're just the non-religious version of strict orthedox catholics or muslims . . I'm talking about people who call them selves athiest and not just people who dont give a crap either way . .

Keep in mind that douchebags come in all varieties. Smart people, which a lot of Atheists tend to be, are usually douchebags too.

I'm not a stuck up egomaniac. thats a steriotype. some of my best friends are christian. Shame on you for saying that.

i believe in both good and bad i don't and never will read the bible

I am an atheist, and I can safely say; not all atheists arw like that. In fact, most of us think the exact same thing about Christians. Now, I, specifically, am pretty concieted, but that definitely has nothing to do with my religious views. I'm just like that. And I only get like that about my religion when someone from another religion is acting that way and badmouthing me. Only then do I find it acceptable to be a b*tch about religion. Like if someone starts preaching to me about god, I will most definitely preach to them about Scoence.

I have come to realise this: if you don't understand somebody elses argument then it sounds repetitive even if it isn't really. To me, all pro-religious arguements sound the same, even if to a religious person they sound diverse. Equally, when I put foreward a pro-atheism argument, religious people find me repetitive. Just an interesting observation as to why everyone seems like a complete dick to everyone else.

I find that they're as in-your-face about their beleifs as any Christian would be...neither one should be like that.

Too dumb to understand science? Try religion!
But seriously, try to put yourself in an atheists shoes a look at religion. For me, it's a way of controlling weak minded people. People believe in religion because they're too stubborn to accept that when you die, you die. The earth was made but an invisible floating guy that whenever you prove doesn't exist, they don't accept it. You Christians are brainwashed to believe this shit from an early age. Why do you think they introduce kids into religion? Because they're not old enough to know better. Science can explain the origin to the universe. Religion cannot. Get over it.

"Most of the time they don't even give an explanation" What exactly is there to explain? There is no rational reason to believe a god exists, so we don't believe in one. I could go much further into various reasons why, but that is already a good enough reason not to believe in one. (Religious wars, horrible things done in the name of "god", etc) One thing I have noticed about Christians (And it seems to only be Christians, not other faiths) is they tend to be extremely self absorbed, not follow their own religion's teachings & just shrug it off when you ask why, and make up ridiculous generalities based on all 3 of the atheists they know. Last time I was in a church it had a gift shop in it.. didn't Jesus specifically speak out against things like that?

Long live common sense!

im not an egomaniac, im modest and plain LOL

Combobreaker, i'm not knocking you on much of what you're saying; in fact i'm very much with you on many of your points made.

I think what i'm trying to get at; while pertaining to the original (iin) question is that generally speaking, atheists can come across quite disrespectful to others views when those views are not founded on proovable science.

You do not seem to be typically representative of those traits as you say:
"But in my opinion, anything is posible"
A notion not easily amalgamated with the concept of atheism.

You go on to say:

"I denie the paranormal because I belive that science can decode and explain everything. We just have to figure out how."

That statement doesn't quite work. I get your point and I agree with your meaning ..but; You're not really denying the paranormal then; unless you mean that science will eventually deduce that things which are now deemed paranormal are in fact untrue. I don't think you mean that at all. What you really mean is that you believe that paranormal things might exist but if they do then we do not yet understand them. In time though, we probably will understand the currently unexplained through the development of science. .....This is not denying the paranormal. It's an open mind which is tempered by scientific fact. And like I already said, scientific facts are just waiting to be prooved wrong so why shackle your mind to them. I'd much rather fleetingly embrace many a fantastical concept than have my imagination and theoretical creativity bound by the limits of science. Many would think my head is in the clouds with that kind of attitude but let me assure you that my feet are firmly on the ground and my concept of reality is not in any way forfieted.

ComboBreaker said:
"We just rule out theorys with what we know to be scientific fact so far. Yes things will change, but until then, we have to go by what we know."

Yes, I agree ... but when you reject an idea based on a current scientfic fact, that rejection is fundamentally flawed as the very concept of a scientific fact is a fallacy; as you've already admitted: "Yes things will change, but until then, we have to go by what we know." Is there such a thing as a 'temporary fact'? I be thinky not not!
So .. my point pertaining to your quote is this: It's fair game to reason theories based on the cutting edge of the understanding of things but in the assumption that those understandings; however reasonable are ultimate facts, there is the problem of imposed creative boundaries. It's ok if you're a researcher who's allowing for possibilities but if you're like most atheists, who simply believe in the facts which contemporary science dictates to them, then you're creating a self imposed limit on creative thinking. Ask an Atheist to just suppose that there could be a God.. without proof.. without reason.. to just simply accept it as possible. Ask him that and he'll just quote science at you and call you a lunatic.

..Which is fair enough, i'm not saying there's anything wrong in it.

ComboBreaker said:
"The day a scientist prooves something wrong, no matter what, it's a good day. Because, "now" we know."
And
"An Atheist is NOT told what to belive"
Hmm, are you sure?

ComboBreaker said:
"Scientific method. We all go by it, because it's the best we have so far."

As you already said, things do not need to be prooved in order to exist. So not entertaining the possibilty of things which are fantastic/supenatural etc etc, simply because of lack of proof again strengthens my argument that an Atheist view is limited.

Religion isn't perfect. It'll probably never be perfect, and some theists accept this, because religion isn't necessarily representative of God. They realize that it's something man-made and many man-made things are faulty. And their criticism of a "god" concept is based largely in the Christian religion. To me, there are more meanings of God than what the traditional Bible says or what the traditional Western religion teaches.

Well, the uniting principle of an atheist is that they reject the idea of God. Well, more like they reject God of the Biblical ilk; a being or conscious creator.

They (generally) tend to rely on science for their outlook on existence and generally reject things which are not prooved.

Many atheists i've spoken to say that the burden of proof lies with those making non scientific or unreasonable claims. This can sort of come across as how you describe it: "egomanically"

NopeNotNormal said:
"It's because atheists aren't stupid. We don't believe in something because we're told to"

But Atheists (generally) ARE told what to believe. They cling to contemporary science like a srecurity blanket; always safe in the knowledge that what they belive are facts. The problem is that science always evolves to proove itself wrong. So an atheists potential for creative thinking is bound by its limits of imagination.

I'm not a theist, but I deny nothing; instead I remain open to all possibilties and thus my mind is ready to learn nd contemplate ideas beyong that which science deems acceptable.

In my experience there is some truth to that statement but mostly atheists seem pessimistic to me. They're people who have simply given up. I think we all want for a god to exist or else that means death is the end of our existence.
Personally though I'm agnostic.

Works both ways. Religion preceded the 'absolute abstract scientific truths' they're both boxed universes.

I know someone who is an atheist and he is a long time freind, but every time religion jumps into the conversation, he always seems so sure.

I understand where you are coming from, and it probably only strengthens your view when you have idiots replying to tell you that you are stupid for not seeing the world the way they do. I don't follow a religion but I'm not unapposed to the belief that there is a superior being. As far as I can see, neither religion or science has proof, only faith and evidence.
However, I must say it depends what side of the fence you are standing on because I have met a lot of Christians who act superior to those who don't believe in God and an afterlife and who will tell me i'm going to hell because I don't see eye to eye with them. I have been made to feel as though I am an idiot because I couldn't possibly understand their religion. It's a concept, I understand it, that doesn't mean I have to agree.

Hey! i know a kid like that! and he's aetheist! who knew?!

yes. im an atheist. yep.

If anyone reau went in depth, you wouldn't understand anyway, being who you are and what you believe in

Funny, any time I've had the debate with a Christian they have said what you just said the atheists say:: that they're just "right" and that's the way it is.
This is not one or two people but MANY.

Hopefully you meet an agnostic or atheist that can explain their side to you in a more intellectual way, cuz that's definitely not the norm.

You're being ridiculous. It's not the religion or lack thereof...it is either your lack of knowledge or the other persons lack of knowledge. That is all.

Maybe you don't believe in organized religions. I can't stand them. I think they're all about money

I lean more towards atheism and I used to call myself an atheist, but I found religion to be a piece of crap, so I don't care about religion at all.

I'm not conceited and I don't have a huge ego. I'm actually quite the opposite.

I'm atheist, and I really hope I don't act that way. I have my own personal beliefs, and you can have yours, no problem. But, when people try to force their religion on me, that kinda pisses me off, cause it's like "Ok, well I said it was fine for you to have your own religion, why are you saying that it's not ok to have mine?".

It does seem that way, doesn't it. It's good that you posted ,you know it's not all if them. However I see your point

First off. Atheists can belive what ever they want. So long as you dont belive in the existance of the supernatural, you are atheist.

Second. Yeah, I am an egomaniac. I have quite the grin right now.

Seems like you've encounterd some pritty silly atheists that most likly got the wrong idea of what an atheist is. Sadly this happens alot. Please dont hold their sillyness against all who are taged atheist. Wouldnt want to be stereotyping now, would we.

Concept of time? That would have accured thousands of years ago when human first learned it was differnt. Time is simply the messurement of events. Our orbit round the sun and lunas orbit round the earth. Earths rotation, Day and night. When we developed more mathmatics, we developed the sun dile and later on, clock. The reason we use time is because good timeing makes a huge differnce. With the time we can set persice dates for events to take place. I dont know the specifics but there are some facinateing theorys about time itself. It's fun to think about am I right?

The begining of time, ever. Thats a tough one. No one can say for good. Probly never know. All we can do is break down any theorys that we can think of. Most populer being the big bang theory.

You say you have yet to find a good enough reason not to belive in a god. I wouldnt mind hearing your reasons for wanting to belive.

BTW what you ask is that all atheists change to agnostic.

Normal. Not just atheists but everyone can be conceited.

@Shinyspecs:

I agree completely. I think a lot of atheists don't really understand the true concept of the label they so proudly attach to themselves. They think that because they don't believe in the bible or that because the notion of a humanesque creator of existence is absurd, that it makes them an atheist and thus base that assertion on the rejection of these limited notions of a somewhat conscious omnipotent, omnipresent creator.

You have to understand a LOT of definitions of god to reject them all.

It's because atheists aren't stupid. We don't believe in something because we're told to or because we fear the wrath of something. When people are mentally superior, they can seem a tad egomaniacal.

I'm an agnostic & probably always will be.. Atheists have no imagination and die-hard Christians are... Silly.

ever see the youtuber "theamazingatheist", or whatever? ignorant bastard.