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Try telling that to an atheist. I think you’ll find the same respect and compassion for other individuals (in some cases more respect and compassion than the religious) as you’ll find anywhere else.

Atheists acknowledge their humanity and are constrained by the same compassion for their fellow man as any religion acknowledges. The only difference is that we believe that this compassion is not dictated to us, but created by us for the common good.

"Atheists acknowledge their humanity and are constrained by the same compassion for their fellow man as any religion acknowledges. The only difference is that we believe that this compassion is not dictated to us, but created by us for the common good."

How can you talk about what all atheists feel or believe unless you've interviewed every single one on the planet? You only know about the very small number of atheists you have come into contact with. There is no universally accepted atheist manifesto. Hitler, Mao and Stalin were atheists who definately didn't feel your way. Since most people tend to run in circles who feel as they do your personal observations are meaningless. You sound like the New York socialite who says she can't believe George W. Bush won the election because "nobody I know voted for him."

Try telling that to an atheist. I think you’ll find the same respect and compassion for other individuals (in some cases more respect and compassion than the religious) as you’ll find anywhere else.

Oh, really. Most atheist I have met tend to be bitter unhappy people who seem hell bent on destroying anything in their path that doesn’t agree with their narrow philosophy. It has always perplexed me why atheist spend so much time and energy trying to disprove the unprovable (the existence of God), and seem to be obsessed with bitching and moaning about the evils of religious people. I mean why invest so much energy beating up on things that you don’t supposedly believe in and are just based on fairy tales?

Most atheists that I have talked with come off as intolerant religious bigots. Dawkins and his ilk suggest taking children away from parents who are religious in order to make sure the little darlings don’t learn about the evils of religion (don’t believe me, go read the WIRED article on “The New Atheism”). Yep, these atheist types are oh so compassionate to those who don’t fit their narrow view of the world.

Try telling that to an atheist. I think you’ll find the same respect and compassion for other individuals (in some cases more respect and compassion than the religious) as you’ll find anywhere else.

Damn straight!!