Why are atheist on the internet so aggressive and have a hive mentality? Every creationist video on Youtube is excessively down voted regardless of how good the arguments are, and in the comment section ad hominems and the same shitty atheist mantras are repeated over and over again like and these awful comments are up voted to oblivion, they rarely make a good argument, or any argument at all.
When someone say they'll be praying for someone, or when someone who might even be a secular person says "thank god" it triggers them into making a snarky reply. They're in every Youtube video ready to down vote and make an autistic comment, on every Youtube reply they don't like like the one I just mentioned, every post on Twitter by a Christian account that doesn't involve them, everywhere online. Even music videos of Christmas music isn't safe.
I'd say atheist are to Christians on the internet as Pharisees were to Jesus (minus the crucifixion), just following him around in his life and just scoffing at him and making edgy remarks.
Why do they act like this, seriously? I'm just so tired of seeing the same case over and over again. I just can't understand their behavior as to why they're like this whatsoever. And it's surprising because of atheist specifically (and not just non-religious or unaffiliated people) make up such a small percent of the population, they make is seem like they're much larger than they really are. Does anyone have a possible explanation as to why they're like this?
I was never an atheist, but when I was younger and stupid, I also had an inexplicable hostility to many mentions of Christianity… unfortunately. All I really had in my head were TV preachers and Robert Tilton though.
As a Christian now (for decades btw.. I really did convert), I'm convinced some of those bad influences (like the TV preachers) are put there by Satan for precisely that reason: To keep people AWAY from knowing who God actually is.
Adrian Phillips
I know what you mean, it's rather awful that people treat each other like that, but this world is only a vanishing speck and we will all reap our own judgement in the end.
Parker Sanchez
I keked. But conveniently he left out that science nukes people and religion preaches peace to all man of good will (except Islam, Judaism and pagans)
Adam Myers
To release their inner anger because their parents made them go to church at a young age.
Camden Moore
It's largely the adolescent urge to individuate, i.e., become a person independent of one's parents, mixed with philosophical ignorance, pride and—almost always—poor religious instruction. When children are raised in the faith with discipline, attentiveness and love, these edgy atheist phases never occur, or, if they do, they are brief.
Lincoln Murphy
Sadly, there are Christians who are not much better, they get angry themselves and can't control their emotions and make a rude reply back. Still, you don't see flocks of them down voting atheist videos or going into their comment sections, even though Christians are the majority in the west.
It most likely is philosophical ignorance, I also think atheist channels target creationist with terrible, easily debunked arguments and so all they know about creationist arguments are these terrible ones. But this still doesn't explain their aggressiveness much and the hive mentality.
Levi Diaz
Downvotes and upvotes Its reddit mentality that if other people do it and gets popular, I should do it to. Its really funny to debate them because they get super triggered and said I don't believe in God therefore he doesn't exist
Camden Sanders
The aggression is a symptom of hubris; these kinds of people genuinely believe they are superior to others based upon their apparent intellectual power, and that their superior wisdom authorises them to dominate those beneath themselves.
It is of the devil.
Chase Nguyen
It's the Dunning-Kruger effect in action, and on the other side it could be why hillbilly Christian apologist who are philosophically and scientifically illiterate and blot out better apologist like say, Bill Craig, giving atheist the only knowledge of Christian apologist from a handful of southern preachers.
However none of this explains why Christians who aren't very bright themselves but can't see it aren't flooding atheist videos and comments themselves and doing the same things I mentioned, despite Christians making up much more of the population.
I just am trying to understand why atheist act this way specifically on social media, and not Christians.
