Why do you think atheists are abundant on the Internet?
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Did I say that? I'm too lazy to look at all my posts in this thread, but if I did (by some accident), I'm sorry about that.GamerKT said:
It appears that Skyrim binge + Work + Caffine does strange things to my brain. Ill fix it now thanks.Fluke said:I'm guessing you meant "stigma" there - an atheist with stigmata might result in a convertEd130 said:
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For my money it's a combination of a couple of answers so far, but mainly that: Religious types generally try to fly below the radar, so to speak. We're easy targets, I guess. We know that if we say something or other about out beliefs, trolls and other lowly internet lifeforms will come crawling out of the woodworks, trying to provoke an arguement that we aren't really interested in.
Dick answer I would like to be true: The internet is technology. Smart people use technology.
Real answer: I think it's mostly just this site. We are all nerds here and nerds are rarely religious.
Real answer: I think it's mostly just this site. We are all nerds here and nerds are rarely religious.
anonymity, most of the atheists i know irl aren't really in your face about it which makes it fine by me, on the other hand if they told me that i was a moron for spending an hour in church once a week I wouldn't really want to hang out with them. On the internet you can say whatever the fuck you want so you're just more vocal about it.
Well, the Internet is an international crossroad, with a population regulated by accessibility.
Take my home nation of Sweden as an example. 77% atheist, and our broadband penetration rate is roughly 70%. I could easily get myself a 200 Mb/s fiber-optic connection if I'd like, and for a very affordable price.
Take my home nation of Sweden as an example. 77% atheist, and our broadband penetration rate is roughly 70%. I could easily get myself a 200 Mb/s fiber-optic connection if I'd like, and for a very affordable price.
I get what you're saying (sort of, you kinda come across as very yelly), but that makes you no better than those few religious zealots, does it not? If you wanted religious people to stop talking about your atheism, and then you come onto the Internet and tear down anyone of faith, then you're the same side of that destructive coin.RT-Medic-with-shotgun said:
I don't recall ever doing so, so phew. I know these subjects are touchy, and the last thing I want to do is piss somebody off.GamerKT said:
Most of the religious people I've met are afraid of the internet, to be honest. They think it's evil and bad for them and for their kids. Some of them use Facebook but don't go beyond that.
In the States, at least the region I'm in, Christianity is the only socially acceptable mode of thought. I'm not afraid to say that I'm an atheist if the subject was to ever come up, but I know a lot of people are scared to do that. We're kind of a minority, and we get hated for it. But on the internet, all of us who are spread out everywhere can get our community on, but the religious people already have their local communities so they don't go too deeply into the internet. At least I imagine that this is the case, but it could be any number of reasons ...
In the States, at least the region I'm in, Christianity is the only socially acceptable mode of thought. I'm not afraid to say that I'm an atheist if the subject was to ever come up, but I know a lot of people are scared to do that. We're kind of a minority, and we get hated for it. But on the internet, all of us who are spread out everywhere can get our community on, but the religious people already have their local communities so they don't go too deeply into the internet. At least I imagine that this is the case, but it could be any number of reasons ...
I think you're slightly confused about the terminology here. Atheist means someone who purposefully believes that God/a god/gods DON'T exist. Whereas what your talking about is more of agnostic, where you just haven't given thought to it and don't care whether there is or isn't.Continuity said:
OT: I think it's been said but the internet tends to attract a younger audience, and younger people (12~18) tend to be less religious. Also religious people tend to be thought of as ignorant/backwards thinking. Also if everyone was forced to declare their religious beliefs I'm sure that you would find more religious people than you originally thought. Also it's mostly just this site.
Maybe it's because you live in a place where no one is openly atheist and you notice ahteist more.
Living in a country where most people are practically atheist (they do the rituals but doesn't really believe in divinity) I am always amazed at the amount of religious people on the internet. And believe me the religious people are a very loud crowd.
Atheism doesn't make you intelligent, but intelligence tends to make you an atheist.
Living in a country where most people are practically atheist (they do the rituals but doesn't really believe in divinity) I am always amazed at the amount of religious people on the internet. And believe me the religious people are a very loud crowd.
Atheism doesn't make you intelligent, but intelligence tends to make you an atheist.
Sorry, but "logically" is not the opposite of "spiritually", and the vast numbers of idiotic comments across the internet which jump to ridiculous conclusions from, well, practically anything inconclusive, should totally dispel the idea that the "average" person on the internet has a good grasp of logic.theonecookie said: