Why are People who Dont believe in God so Angry?

United States
March 10, 2010 8:41pm CST
I am a devout Christian and I visit many different sites regularly, and it seems that many (not all) of the people who dont believe in God are extremely angry with everyone. I almost cant believe some of the things that they say, they are screaming mad that Christians are able to put their faith in something. I have been called names and some of them introduced some very graphic words to a lot of Christians who may not have had experience with them. There were many who really were angry and it was almost as if someone had insulted them. I have even experienced this several times here, why do you think this is.
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@snoopyfan (1312)
• United States
11 Mar 10
What I find amusing from the non believers is they don't believe but yet they talk about God all the time. Yes they are very angry I have been bashed a few times already for showing my love for God. Some people I see they are starting the discussion I don't even bother responding. I have seen a couple people ask a question who don't believe and they are showing respect even though they don't share the same views. Just look at the discussions and see how they respond to people's post. If the person agrees with them they get a nice reply. If you are a believer you get bashed. I would say since they have no peace in their life that is a cause of anger. Nothing is going right and they are mad at the world. I am sure some of them will come and bash me again but now I just don't care. I just look at the source and move on. We just have to keep praying for them because even though they don't believe God is still loving them and taking care of them. He doesn't turn His back on anyone. It is man who turns their back on God.
@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
11 Mar 10
[i]non-Christians dont necessarily NEED you to pray for them because we arent lost and we arent miserable its that type of comment that irritates us sometimes [/i] YEP! [i]Who said they have no peace? What brings you to that conclusion just by knowing they dont believe in the same deity you do?[/i] and YEP again..and what irritates the everloving out of me is those types that can't get it in their heads that non-believers CAN have peace w/o god/j.c/the bible etc...
• United States
11 Mar 10
I am not here to "bash" you but I do just want to touch on a couple things you said "I would say since they have no peace in their life that is a cause of anger. Nothing is going right and they are mad at the world." Who said they have no peace? What brings you to that conclusion just by knowing they dont believe in the same deity you do? "We just have to keep praying for them..." UMMM ok if you want to pray for some one then noone can stop you but your prayers would be better spent on those that really need them like the victims of earthquakes non-Christians dont necessarily NEED you to pray for them because we arent lost and we arent miserable its that type of comment that irritates us sometimes
@snoopyfan (1312)
• United States
11 Mar 10
What types are that? Thank you for proving my point about bashing believers ravenladyj. And no if someone is angry all the time that is not a peaceful person. That is a angry bitter person and guess what there are angry bitter believers out there as well. Wow imagine that. It has nothing to do with beliving or not. Stop putting words in my mouth. Why do non-believes always have to bash believers. wontakelong- Yes I do pray for the hurricane victims. Where do you get off assuming I don't. And I pray for all people believers and non-believers. It is not my problem or concern if you want to get saved or not. That's you choice. If I choose to pray to God that He watch over everyone and help them with whatever they are struggling with I can. THAT IS MY CHOICE! I am not sitting around praying for non- believers to come around. I can pray for anyone I want to sorry for praying that you stay in good health and good things happen for you. I will ask God to take you off the list. Happy now? If someone said they were praying for me even if I wasn't a believer I wouldn't be offended. I would just say thank you show that person respect and not tell them you have offended me. I am getting so sick of this why don't you people strt being more respectful!
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• United States
11 Mar 10
well I am not a Christian and I am not angry now I have GOTTEN angry a few times when someone (often of the Christian faith) gets rude or disrectful towards me because of my religion I know they feel obligated to spread the word of God but honestly I have heard the word and I dont need to keep hearing it because I have made my choice to NOT follow that path I have also GOTTEN angry when a person makes ridiculous accusations about me based on what they THINK they know about my religion for example; if someone says that I am "evil" or that I am a bad mother because of my religion then I tend to get pretty peeved Alot of times on these online forums there is alot of history between users that may not be known to everyone in short it may seem that a person is angry for no reason but the reality is that they may have been provoked early by the other person
• United States
15 Mar 10
I talk about my God as it is important to me to do so, however I start my own discussions about him, which means those who are not interested can opt not to answer the post, which means they are not required to be instructed, when I join other peoples discussion I write or ask questions as it pertains to my religion without teaching. Which means I dont agree but I dont tell them their information is wrong I simply ask them to prove it.
• United States
15 Mar 10
by asking them to prove their faith (which is a personal thing that cannot be proven or disproven) is insulting noone should ever have to prove their faith or their beliefs to anyone there is NOT absolute truth to any religion there is only personal belief based on faith also not everyone is as tactful as you in their questioning
• Hong Kong
11 Mar 10
Worst of all, they do love keep telling you and never give up to spread their words of God, they are finally angry if you don't change to follow their guides.
@jammyt (2818)
• Philippines
11 Mar 10
I think these people are mad because they have nothing else to do. I mean, what would be their motive to do this? Like I said, if people do not believe in God, then they should respect those who do. Same way if these people believe in Allah, Buddha or whoever, we Christians should respect them too.
@snoopyfan (1312)
• United States
11 Mar 10
There is nothing wrong with asking but you don't have to insult people who do believe and that has happened to me a few times now. And yes I do defend myself I will show respect but once someone disrespects me that is what they will get from me. How are people going to decide if they want or not want to believe in God by asking questions about Him? Just leave out the insults against Christians, judiasm, and muslims while you are asking.
@trisha27 (3494)
• United States
11 Mar 10
I agree, there is nothing wrong with bringing up debates and all and everyone has the right to state their opinions. But all in the end instead of jumping down people's throats because they opened up a topic about religion, people should respect how other people believe and that's that.
• United States
14 Mar 10
Here is the thing I agree with all of you by the way in one way or another. But here is what I experience. A dramatization: I say: What are the differences between Christianity and something else Unbeliever: There is no god and you should not believe in it anyway I say: There is a God for me and I appreciate your comments Unbeliever: You should not believe and the only person that would believe is the uneducated and you need your head examined. That is what I get. Lets look at another situation. Unbeliever: God doesnt exist because it cant be proven historically. I say: well this that and the other was proven in 1899 by so and so proves this. Unbeliever: You cant believe everything you read because I read that this is different and what I read is true and if you believe what you read then you are stupid and uneducated. This too is what I get. Now I know there are some Christians who argue stuff, but I simply ask a lot of questions, and if I disagree I give proof of my statements, then I answer any questions you may have. But if I give proof I hear what you just read which I actually got a couple of times.
@voldrox (7191)
• India
11 Mar 10
I am Christian, rather a lazy one. I don't see why many people who don't believe in God would get angry, your name says you are a pastor, are you? Some people just don't welcome being preached and so i guess some call you that way i don't know. But i have seen many atheists are actually happy, just let them believe what they want to, we all have our rights, the Bible says to spread the news and rejoice, but we can not force others to follow what we believe and you might be trying to help the cause but others don't welcome it, i guess that is the reason some people call you names, but yeah if they just call the believers that way then i don't know, if they don't agree then they should not say something like that to us, i guess some just don't agree with us and our beliefs, just let them stay in peace.
• United States
15 Mar 10
I am a Pastor and I do teach but I am not a preaching pastor, Pastors come in all shapes and sizes. There are preaching pastors who are charismatic and can motivate and lead that way. However I prefer research than speaches, so I teach others more in depth study about the Bible, and in my research I ask questions here, I ask about Religions, about thoughts, about ideas, and about research. I however get met by anger in other places, not so much here but in a lot of places. How can anyone explain why they are or are not Christian if they cant stop being mad at everyone. Now dont get me wrong not everyone is angry, but I have met quite a few that are.
@umit_umit (1984)
• India
11 Mar 10
Its true,I agree with you,these people are havoc for the society,automatically,as they considered themselves to be all in all,so they do what they like and are full of Anger,agression---I Hate these people cant stand them?
• United States
11 Mar 10
"I Hate these people cant stand them? " wow that is a very strong statement about people you dont know much about judge much?
@pcserver (392)
11 Mar 10
Haters. :) No offence
• Philippines
11 Mar 10
I agree, wonttakelong. That is, indeed, a very strong statement. Something quite prejudiced in nature, I dare say.
@pcserver (392)
11 Mar 10
You are wrong. That is not always true. I think it MAINLY depends on the personality...you cannot say someone's angry because he does not believe in god or because he believes. i can say that people who believe are always so pensive and do not know how to deal with their life by themselves. They depend on someone else if I can say it that way. So I think I am not exactly right and you, too :)
• United States
15 Mar 10
First of all I did not say all people who dont believe in God are angry, I was talking about the ones that were on the board I was on and i dont think every person is angry but the situations I have experienced has been that many of these people more than half have been exceptionally angry about me believing in God and it seems that if I dont see it their way when they say it then I am a bible thumping idiot, so that is what I am saying.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
12 Mar 10
With someone who is of another faith, it is easy to discuss religion with them, because they will talk how wonderful they are when they enter the temple or the mosque, and what Buddha or Allah has done for them and they talk about the festivals. But with none believers and I am not talking about pagans or believers in many gods, I am talking about atheists who do not believe in God, they are angry because we still believe in God and that we do not need a being in the form of Zeus to come before us and shoot thunderbolts. They also are angry that we do not believe that chance did not create the universe. Whereas they fail to understand that if chance did create everything, I would be looking out my window and seeing pigs fly and horses with daffodils for manes. In other words, the world would be confused and fantastic if it ever existed. I also think they secretly wish that at the end of time, there will be nothing there. But I am going through the book of Revelations and it will be very scarey for them.
• India
12 Mar 10
Hello, Love is a natural human inclination. There is no way to deny that love, in its most form is felt with our senses, unless its love for God. Love for God is something that though starts with senses, leaves the senses far behind. After certain point, it brings unprecedented and pure sense of joy. Now, lets talk about love that are usually called amorous and are driven by senses. Anything that is felt by senses takes us away from spirituality and thus away from ourselves. We can't stay away from love. Either we love God, or we love things that satisfies our senses. But we must love. Now love of God is often without expectations. It may though at the very beginning seem as if with some intent, in the end the intent vanishes. The only purpose, then becomes to become face to face with God. Which is something that can't be understood or felt with our senses through with we sense the matter. How these senses bring us sensations of joy, grief, jealousy, anger and other things? We should be clear about one thing here that all these emotions are just various states of mind that were actually triggered by matters. This means, all these sensations are born out of either the collision of senses with matter or, by unison of them. Elation ensues with unison and depression is created with collision. Therefore like matters themselves they are perishable and unreal. Now, people who indulge in those external factors that are mostly matters, often grow a typical expectation and desire that causes the negative feeling called anger. An uncontrolled wish becomes desire, a desire depending on whether fulfilled or not raises depression. The depression in the end converts into grudge and then anger. Believers usually are expected to be less attached with earthly matters. One of the most beautiful things that this love of God gives us is an introspective mind and a destruction of sensation of apparent differences of matter. How will you grow expectations when you have already found something more precious? So believer is neither troubled nor enticed by external factors anymore. God bless you
@TE4CHER (22)
• Finland
11 Mar 10
I'm not angry :/ I think that it's because some atheists think that religions slow down the progression.
@myzire72 (1154)
• Singapore
11 Mar 10
Those people have every right not to believe in God, but they certainly don't have the right to hurl hurtful or angry words at you. It's really no use getting upset over this kind of behavior. Refrain from going to these sites. They don't do you any good anyway.
• United States
13 Mar 10
I don't believe that everyone who doesn't believe in God are angry. Any of us can have anger issues due to bad problems in life, a lack of faith, psychological problems, and then some. If a non-believer is angry toward Christians, it is because they do not want to be pushed to the truth. Most are willing to listen to what you have to say, but when you start shoving and pushing them, yes that will upset them. It will anger them. Jesus commanded us to tell everyone we could, but not to push it on others. Threatening others to believe, no. A big no. People don't want to be forced into believing. Jesus reached a lot more people by helping them, caring for them, counseling them. And He reminded them they were loved and forgiven. This is why when a person experiences Jesus for the first time, even outside human influence (like I did) they are changed radically. I admit I am a born again Christian who has problems with impatience, intolerance, and... a terrible temper. I cannot tell you how often the Holy Spirit and my Guardian Angel have reminded me constantly to learn to control it. It's a never ending battle, but I'm getting better. So, anger is not just deprived to one group of people.
• India
12 Mar 10
I expect them to respect me as much as I respect them for not believing in God. If they can't do that then there is something wrong with them but not me.
@mackiejp (374)
• Philippines
12 Mar 10
Religion is a very sensitive issue to talk about that is why though I have strong believes in God, I don't insist to people that I experienced God's little Miracles. I gave respect for those who do not believe in God just as they respect my own stand. Let us not be too judgmental about them being Mad, we might never really understand them but like us they have their own beliefs too. Let them be as long as they are not stepping your way.
@ladyhaly (92)
• Philippines
11 Mar 10
I believe that you may have some kind of faulty perception at hand here. I am a Christian and I believe in God and at the same time I am in love with two guys--- one of them is a Christian and another is an atheist. And no, the second guy isn't angry at all. He would usually come off to other people as aloof and antisocial, being quiet and very much studious, but he is not angry. He does, however, get angry when religious fanatics pass off the Bible as if it were their brains and judges the existence and morality of things on whether what the Bible says, and when said people look down upon him as someone they have to "save"; someone on a lower plane of existence or someone ignorant just because he does not read the Bible or the Qu'ran (which is stupid of them to do, in fact, as he's read the Qu'ran more than any average Muslim does... he's read it last year 43 times and I believe he's read it all over again just in case he needs the knowledge in some kind of debate). Discrimination by religious belief is something I find disrespectful and egocentric--- something Christians who wish to practice WWJD (What Would Jesus Do) or the Christian Way should avoid. I don't remember Jesus discriminating anyone... And in any case, if one is to judge someone, then that One has to be God--- because people do not know everything.
• United States
15 Mar 10
Well I am in love with one guy and I dont have a problem with any particular person who is an atheist because their choice is their own (free will), I dont know if you misunderstood me or not but I am saying that the people that I have spoken to on the boards that I visit seem to be angry when talking to anyone of the Christian persuasion. I am glad for your position however I dont judge anyone period, nor have I discriminated against anyone either I was simply asking a question. Just a note even Jesus was angry at those who were misrepresenting what he was trying to say, which were the Pharisees, check it out. They were angry about him too.
@dawnald (85135)
• Shingle Springs, California
11 Mar 10
I'm not angry.
@trisha27 (3494)
• United States
11 Mar 10
I am a Christian and I'd have to say that I don't think that non believers are always angry or whatever. I think sometimes when a topic arises and sometimes people say the wrong thing, or just make an assumption about something on another person, then that's when things start to arise. Why can't we all just stop making assumptions about people because of what the other believes in. State our opinion and move on without getting bashed. I think that we should all just respect other people's beliefs and stop assuming when the other person doesn't believe the same way you do. I don't make assumptions on people because they believe differently. I read what they have to say and then move on, if I have nothing more to say.
@shello (964)
• United Arab Emirates
11 Mar 10
I am a believer too and I find it normal that there maybe some who would act indifferently if shared with the Word or when being into a discussion which has something to do with the Bible. In my end, I am not taking it against them because it is obvious that we don't have the same belief and we cannot force them to believe what we have to say for that very same day. Afterall, we are all accountable for every action and decision that we are about to make and we have made. We cannot question them for what they believe in but we could try sharing with them what we believe with utmost respect but without compromising so that they would show respect in return. For the Christians out there, it is our duty to share God's word and to bring more souls unto His throne. But we should always remember that we must do it with sincerety and humbleness but without compromising. God loves us all. God bless!
@intelpink (163)
• Philippines
11 Mar 10
Maybe because there are so many issues in their lives that are not yet settled that they became so bitter and makes them grow angry of God. In many people that I have heard and talk to, the reason why they are angry or don't believe in God is because there were times in their lives that they failed or someone failed and they saw it that made them so disappointed with God.
• Philippines
11 Mar 10
There is a reason for every action of the person. Its funny because this discussion is like an attempt to read between the lines of what these "Christian haters" were trying to imply. I dont know what they are up to but with the way they push on with their beliefs it may either be helpful in some way. Also, I don't think they actually mean what they say and who knows even these whiners are christians themselves. If only the identity of these people were to be known.
@srjac0902 (1170)
• Italy
11 Mar 10
Whatever be the religion or faith or in the case of atheists too no one can suppress the natural law and the voice of conscience. For the greatness that we are human beings the vocation to life itself demands from us to live with dignity and respect. All of are called to render sublime our personality and the refinement of character. Then tolerance with all, even when we differ in faith and belief system. We cannot combat anyone and anything by wrong and hurting means. Human race is noble