No matter how open-minded...

[LiquidGrape]

The rampant misogyny of the internet. I see so much of that crap online I'm starting to wonder exactly how many people secretly hold those views but only have the guts to make them known in the safety of world wide anonymity.

Seriously. Aren't we better than this?

 

[Pandabearparade]

Pro-marijuana laws, and the morons who advocate them.

No one is advocating 'pro-marijuana' laws. Decriminalizing something doesn't imply that it should be encouraged or subsidized.

 

[hotacidbath]

Laziness in my field. Being a zookeeper is a physical job that requires you to work on holidays, get shit at on a regular basis, requires tossing 50-75 lb feed bags around, working in all types of weather, and is not a get rich kind of field. It is a job that you do because you love it and I just don't understand people that get into this and become lazy fucks. I was in an unpaid internship with someone who worked really hard to make sure she did as little work as possible. If you're going to act like that, than why even take the internship? It's not about your personal comfort, it's about making sure the animals are clean, healthy, and happy no matter what.

I also can't comprehend people that don't like being outside. Part of the reason I became a zookeeper is because I get to work outside and most of my friends love camping, mountain climbing, fishing/hunting, hiking, etc. and so it boggles my mind when people prefer the indoors. I'm happiest when I'm in the woods.

 

[DJ_DEnM]

People that hate on Bronies.

Ok you don't like it. I understand. Don't need to be al up in my face about it.

OH.
And the "cool people" who smoke behind the school.
Hahahaha no.
I don't care where you might be in 10 years, this is where you are now, and it's not good.

 

[The-Bad-Blooded]

people saying they belong to a faith, yet only believe SOME parts, (which are usually the parts that make them sound better) and not the whole faith.
or people who mold their faith to fit their lifestyle... that's not how it works people.
you mold your lifestyle to fit your beliefs, not the other way around.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I don't understand how some people can ignore or reject their intellectual curiosity as they get older. No, I'm not referring to those who do not seek a higher education. I am referring to those who chose to live life knowing as little as possible about the world, regardless of how much or little it affects them and their existence.

I have always been fascinate with the unknown and have always asked questions since I was able to speak regard my curious interests. Throughout my quest of intellectual enlightening, I have learned so much about the world that I would not have known if I did not seek it myself. I believe that I have become more tolerable and understand of the world we live in and hope for the best possible outcome to any problems that we might face.

 

[Lazier Than Thou]

I don't understand people that don't think. I don't mean people that act impulsively, I do so and it's not hard to figure out why you would do something foolish based upon the emotion of the moment. I mean people that don't consider, well, the most important things in life.

A specific example of this would be an apatheistic. Someone who is apathetic to theistic stuff. Not an atheist or theist specifically, but someone that just doesn't care. Consider the fact that you'll spend more time in the duration of the universe dead than alive and you can clearly see the ramifications on knowing what you believe and why.

But this also applies to people that blindly follow anything. I believe in God and am a religious person, but I've never been content to just say "'cause the Bible says so." Why does the Bible say so? What caused that individual to put those words to the page?

But it also applies to people that don't have faith. They get to the same question I get to and stop and I don't understand why. Just because you don't have a reason for something doesn't mean it's not true. It's neither shocking, nor particularly unusual to not know something. We are mortal, flawed by design, and our "knowledge" is puny, almost entirely insignificant when compared to the glut of knowledge and information theoretically obtainable. To write something off simply because you nor anyone you know has an answer is completely without merit.

It goes further and deeper. The people that acknowledge A = B and that B = C, but never put A and C together. People that cloud their thoughts with emotion, assigning personal significance to individual words. People that will not listen, just because they don't like the package it comes in. People that hear an argument, but don't bother trying to understand it.

I understand laziness. I understand apathy. I don't understand willful ignorance.

 

[Titan Buttons]

I don't understand the 'hate' of a child being in a public place, are we ment to lock them away somewhere or forbid families from taking their children out of the house until they stop crying and replace it with screaming actual words?

I don't worry too much about what others think: we're all different.
Some things piss me off, though, at times. -_-
Stereotyping things/people is an important one.

The religious, I dont get how people can overlook the barbarity and outmoded moral concepts thats rife throughout religion. I dont get how these people can then say they hold the moral high ground, that as an atheist Im spiritually dead and morally suspect.
If Im totally honest it makes me very angry.

I agree with what you're saying and see where you're cong from, being a very opinionated atheist as well, but even I have to admit to understanding that some people have faith simply as a comfort. Although I also see that as a huge weakness.

Also, I agree with this. Religion gives that comfort some people need. And if you're strong, you don't need that comfort.

I don't understand how you relate the comfort a religion can potentially give to an individual to strength? For example, you can be the strongest person out of everyone you know and still scared of death.

 

[Nickolai77]

No matter how open minded i may be, i can't understand how this thread has made it to 22 pages... :/

 

[gonzo20]

VERY LONG POST

i suppose i see your point, i can be pretty close minded about things so i make points and dont have the means to back them up and i do think that maybe they should ask the prisoners why they decided to do the thing they did and possibly help them out with the problem and teach them stuff that helps them live a standard human life

 

[repeating integers]

...I just read a news story about a woman who put her neighbour's cat in a microwave in revenge for this neighbour supposedly "destroying her relationship". She only got 168 days in prison for it.

Fuck, I need to stop reading these stories. I will never understand the minds of crazy people.

 

[3aqua]

Sadists and those who hurt other for no reason more then 'just because I can'

 

[Grunt_Man11]

I'm sorry but that is just so very stupid I had to reply.

Warning, rant ahead.

Religion implies faith. Atheism is the lack of faith in a religion. Atheists do no have to believe in ANY of the things you just said.

And let me make this as clear as possible, I don't care if I sound like a dick. EVERY SINGLE RELIGION IS WRONG. There has not, is not, and never will be a religion that doesn't contain a massive amount of contradictions and ridiculous claims with no evidence that make anything they claim either paradoxical, and thus impossible or just stupid and wrong. It is in every way perfectly acceptable to mock people who are wrong and refuse to accept that they are wrong.

And why doesn't anyone ever consider what faith means (at least the way it's used 99 % of the time)? Faith is the believe in something without reasonable evidence for the validity of said thing. Faith is illogical.
Your religions are illogical.

The atheists who complain are people who are annoyed by that kind of thing.

And have you perhaps considered that people might get angry at the several religions that insult, mock and belittle them?

Am I not allowed to get mad at a book that says all of my accomplishments mean nothing because I do not believe in god?

Am I not allowed to get mad at a book that says one of my best friends will go to hell for all eternity because hes gay, and calls it justice?

Am I not allowed to get angry at the fact that people follow this book like everything (well not actually everything, just what they've nitpicked) it says is fact?

I should just say nothing about any of this, because it's polite?

I'm sorry but no. Screw you, screw your faith, and screw that.

Thanks for proving me right, and thanks for proving Atheists as the most bigoted and intolerant people on the internet.

You claim what I said was "stupid" yet your post is filled with the same kind of idiotic ignorance, hatred, and arrogance as displayed by the Crusaders, Spanish Inquisition, and Third Reich.

Now on to those "books" you ranted about. Have you, or your friends, ever tried ignoring them? I mean if you don't believe in what they say, then what they say should have no affect on you right?
Unless of course, you're not actually an atheist and do believe in what they say. If so, then I suggest you come to terms with that as soon as possible.

No you are not allowed to hate someone because they don't see eye to eye with you. It's not socially acceptable anymore. This is the 21st century after all. Just the same as it's not socially acceptable to hate someone because they have a different skin color then you.

There is no constitutional right that says you have the right to rage at, and bully, people who follow a religion that differs from your own. (Yes, I just called Atheism a religion again. Don't like it? Too bad, cry more tyrant.)

In fact, you're violating the Constitution and Bill of Rights with your illogical bashing of other religions, and those who believe in them. It's called the Freedom of Religion. They have just as much right to believe in God, as you have to not believe in God.

But by all means keep up the illogical hatred, you're making Hitler proud.
However you're making the rest of us logical people who accept the fact that everyone is different, and are willing to tolerate them believing in something we might not believe in, ashamed to be of the same species as you.

(The preceding was NOT brought to you by some religious nut. It was brought to you by a rational human who is sick of seeing douchbags, who refuse to learn from history, trying to justify intolerance and hatred.)

 

[IamQ]

I can't get how people can hurt other people, who they have nothing against and have never meet, and enjoy it. I mean, if I'm really angry at someone, and I hit them, most likley I feel good, because then I think they deserved it for doing whatever they did towards me. But if I've never even seen them or met them before, I would feel horrible. I'm always thinking about it when reading about those places the U.S send people to be tortured in (Because if the torture isn't in the united states, then that means they can still say that they don't support torture. Hypocrits.). I mean, somehow they find people who are willing to hurt people to extreme lenghs, every day, for years. How are they thinking when doing such things? I just can't wrap my head around it.

 

[IrishSim]

Pro-marijuana laws, and the morons who advocate them.

No one is advocating 'pro-marijuana' laws. Decriminalizing something doesn't imply that it should be encouraged or subsidized.

True, however I still think it is a bad idea to legalize weed. So I have my opinion and you have yours, leave it at that and let's see what happens.

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

People who are dicks to others, specifically towards people with religions. They have a religion, get over it. Or just dicks in general, as why they need to be a dick I don't see a proper motive at all. No matter how made I am or upset I can't take it out on someone. No matter how stupid or ignorant someone is I bite my tongue. Maybe mommy and daddy just taught me good manners.

This right here.

Atheists are the worst about this. The number of "religion" replies in this thread is evidence of that.

Every time the subject of religion comes up you get atheists who hop on with their "GOD DOESN'T EXIST" trolling. It's old people, really old. Most of the intolerant, bigoted, and hate filled comments involving the subject of religion on the internet come from atheists. Then they have the nerve to whine when they get the same treatment in return.
Reap what you sow.

I know that not all atheists are like that, and I sure hope most aren't like that, but the same is true for all religions that suffered from the curse of over-zealous members. (And by that I mean all of them.)

Which brings me to a nice bit of irony. Atheism is a religion.

It may not involve the belief in/worship of a theoretical deity(s) or entity(s), but it still involves the belief in/worship of something. Religion is about having faith.

Atheists have faith in science, technology, human ingenuity, and human creativity.
Thus atheism is a religion.

Now many will be angry and upset that I'm calling their believe system a religion but I must ask, why?

There is nothing wrong with atheism being called a religion. Too many have spent too much time trying to demonize the word "religion." I don't understand why they do that though. It just doesn't make sense to me.

It's okay to have faith in something. It doesn't matter if you can physically prove it exists or not. It's perfectly okay to have faith in science, technology, God, Buddha, Ala, Talos, Ponies, the Triforce, Thrall, Spider Man, C-130 cargo planes, a rock, or anything else.

I don't understand why more can't grasp this. It's okay to have faith. It's not okay to belittle people who have faith in things you do not.

Sorry but this is factually incorrect. Not the last bit. Thats awesome, its great to have faith, faith is a very personal thing and its wrong to demonize the word. I have faith in my friends, family, and my hopes and dreams. And thats just awesome. However atheism isnt a religion or even comparable.

Faith in science just doesnt make sense. What is science? Science isnt a force, or an object, science is a process. A process that means "I see something to be true, i ask someone else if they also observe what is true, we test the given fact to greater detail and everyone agrees we see it as true, it is now accepted as true".

Science is the requirement of evidence to reinforce a fact and nothing else. That is ALL the word "science" means. If you mean do i have faith in all science? No. I dont. I SEE everything science does, i test it all pretty much through school, i gather the evidence and i use scientific method to see that what i am told is true and matches with the real world. Basically if it makes sense, and it proves true by testing and observing the real world, its safe to say its true. To say that to think "I need evidence to see something" is faith is a complete oxymoron.

Science is the polar opposite of faith. Faith is the belief of something regardless of evidence, IE doesnt require any evidence to think, faith is purely personal and relies on emotional belief free of any evidence of another kind. Science is the denial of personal bias and the acceptance of only physical evidence to back up a claim. Thus the literal definition of science and faith are antonyms, they are opposites, to say one is another is just incorrect.

Faith tends to be rather dogmatic, science does not for the following awesome tim minchin speech:

Science adjusts it?s views based on what?s observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved.
If you show me that, say, homeopathy works, then I will change my mind
I?ll spin on a fucking dime
I?ll be embarrassed as hell, but I will run through the streets yelling
'It?s a miracle! Take physics and bin it!
Water has memory! And while it?s memory of a long lost drop of onion juice seems Infinite
It somehow forgets all the poo it?s had in it!'

You show me that it works and how it works
And when I?ve recovered from the shock
I will take a compass and carve 'Fancy That' on the side of my cock.?

If you prove some particals travel faster than light then science will attempt to reason how this is so, accepting your evidence over their previous knowlegde. Thats the key difference.

Science can be disproved, faith cannot. Thus they are different once again.

Please dont try and pigeon hole my belief system, it isnt a religion no matter how many people say it is. These people are wrong. We are not comparable. Faith is awesome and can be amazing in peoples lives but what i am displaying in this single case isnt faith. At all. Its the opposite.

Thanks for reading. Please dont jugde my belief system and its followers based on some vocal assholes, we are not all like this. We are normal people. Anyone. There is no organisation to atheism so to correlate or extrapolate our behaviour is pointless. We follow no rules and no regulation and are literally a bunch of average joes minus the bunch.

 

[FoolKiller]

Which brings me to a nice bit of irony. Atheism is a religion.

Religion implies faith. Atheism is the lack of faith in a religion. Atheists do no have to believe in ANY of the things you just said.

Can't we all just get along.... and be agnostic

In all seriousness though, I tend to agree with Grunt.

You state that Atheism is the lack of faith in a religion. According to Wikipedia "Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities.

Most of the arguments posted here basically claim that they believe there are no deities. If that is the case, atheism is a belief, also known as a faith.

My problem is that someone who believes there is no god can criticize someone who does. A belief is a belief whether for or against.

I do agree that you can join the agnostic fence-sitters of the world and claim the intellectual high ground and wait for evidence, but belief is belief.

 

[dex-dex]

People who dye their hair.

I can handle nose rings, nipple piercings, earrings, belly-button rings, and tattoos, but dying your hair, or altering any aspect of your body that you were born with just doesn't feel right.

Same with any cosmetic surgery.

because colouring hair can change how you are looked at by the public. for example, I coloured my hair a medium brown in grade twelve from my blonde hair and so many people had said that I looked more mature compared to my natural colour. which is sort of a back handed compliment but still people perceived me different.
it is like cutting your hair, it is just showing your inner self off.
Does it help a bit?

 

[cerealnmuffin]

+why is it deemed okay for someone to watch 4 hours of tv every night (at least an hour of that will be spent watching advertisements), but if someone plays a game for even half that time everyday they are considered a loser and possibly addicted?

+I don't understand people who become emotionally invested in a sports match. I used to not to be able to understand people who like sports, but then I really got into watching starcraft 2 tournaments. I love learning the ins and outs of the games and seeing people put that to use. Though I have players I like watching (ex kiwikaki because of mothership usage and that I'm a protoss player) yet I don't get enraged if players I think are interesting lose nor if another country wins a match.

It just seems strange for grown men (and women) to get really furious if "their" team loses.... It isn't like they know the actual players and the only connection you have to them is that you are in same state (the players are there for the job and not the state anyway). Psychologically, I know it is cause they feel their self worth is manifested in how 'their' team does.... just seems really pathetic especially when they yell at the players for not running faster or something but they themselves are 200 lbs overweight.

+On a related note, why schools invest so heavily into sports programs but the arts are considered pointless. I agree it is good to be healthy fit, but catching a ball isn't a life skill needed worthy to get half a school's budget.

+Also I don't get bigotry especially when said people consider themselves open minded and accepting.

+Farmville fans too lol Casual puzzle games are fine, but that isn't even a game.

+People who watch the superbowl for commercials (I think football is boring so i won't even watch it but there are people who hate football but watch it for the commercials). One of the main reasons I quit TV 5 years ago (asides from occassional show off netflix) is due to commercials.

 

[Ignatz_Zwakh]

People who can't watch movies with subtitles. It doesn't take much effort to focus on the text and the imagery... (Not to pick on people who've eyesight issues. They've an excuse)