I was always critical of Christians for coming down on others who didn’t believe what they did, or for making fun of them, or even for trying to hide information which may be contradictory. However, the more I have looked into the world of atheism, the more I see the same things. I find those that don’t tolerate Christians because of what they believe, and the posts keep coming on facebook to show this…why can’t we just all have our own beliefs without having to poke fun of what others believe?
Absolutely, everyone is entitled to believe whatever they want to believe. It is perfectly acceptable for a Christian to give credit to God for something. For a Muslim to credit Allah. For a Hindu to credit one of their deities. For a Pastafarian to credit the FSM. The problem, however, is when people try to force others to believe what they believe.
You can’t ask someone to be tolerant of intolerance.
For example, you can believe there is an Invisible Purple Monkey that lives in your closet that will occasionally grant you peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Fine. None of my business. But when you want have “in the Invisible Purple Monkey we trust” printed on my money, when you want businesses dedicated to praying to the Invisible Purple Monkey to operate tax-free, when you want my children to be taught in science class that instead of relying on scientific theory and evidence, you can also believe that the Invisible Purple Monkey designed all of us, when you change the pledge to include a reference to your Invisible Purple Monkey and when you want to pull random statements out of a book you think the Invisible Purple Monkey had a hand in writing to restrict rights and dehumanize people…
Well, yes. We have a huge problem with that. And you should, too.
THIS is why you see so much frustration among atheists. And sometimes, the only thing that can make someone feel better is a good laugh. ~JJ
