Many reasons. First of all, most of us are surrounded by Christians. Christians who use social media and post 450 religious memes every day. Christians who "pray for us" in the grocery store. Christians who shove their way into our lives in any way they can, attempt to debate with us and shout us down every time we give our opinions on life, society and the world around us. Christians who want to take over our schools, our legislative offices, tell our daughters what to wear, etc. Christians who invite us to social events with the ulterior motive of getting us "saved". Christians who tell us, among other things, that we can't make it through life without their religion and their god, can't have morals without their religion, can't raise our children properly without it. On and on. Oh, and if we disagree with them? Our souls are going to burn in hell for all eternity. Nice.
Gosh, how could I possibly dare to mock them when the above shows just how kind, tolerant and respectful they are to me! <heavy snark>
Gosh, how could I possibly dare to mock them when the above shows just how kind, tolerant and respectful they are to me! <heavy snark>
They absolutely do not see how hateful and insulting these things sound to someone who is outside their faith. Yeah, it's frustrating.
We need a voice of our own; a logical, rational voice free from dogma and superstition. A skeptical voice that looks at the silliness and the downright dangerous viewpoints of religion and says, "Enough."
I respect your right to your religion, but I don't respect your religion. A lot of Christians quote a bible verse about people "in the last days" mocking Christianity. If they see us mock their outrageous dogmas, they take this as proof that their bible is true. Weird. I didn't know mocking mythological nonsense was something only atheists and agnostics did. Most Christians think Greek myths ridiculous, and if they were surrounded by believers in the pantheon they'd be mocking them openly every chance they got...kiiinda like how they mock Islam. I also think it's highly probable that people were mocking parts of the bible in the time it was written (and with good reason - it contains unicorns and talking donkeys) and the writer of that particular verse (whoever he was) decided to take a jab at those people.
Gosh...I'm sorry that we laugh at your beliefs, but if they'd stop being so freaking ridiculous we wouldn't have as much material. Don't forget that you have persecuted atheists and people of other faiths throughout history. You didn't laugh at them, you tortured and killed them. You pick on me pretty much daily by the things you say and the things you imply. You have told me I was worthless and inept without your god. I'm allowed both to have a different viewpoint and to express it, and I don't need you to come here and "save me".
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