
English: 
Why are atheists
so angry?
And this kind of ties into a question I get a lot, which is,
why do atheists hate God so much? Because it always
comes off like
we're angry and upset about stuff
and we want to, you know, bring down God.
It's like--
Well, number one,
We don't hate God. We just
don't believe God exists
and we support the truth and
we follow the truth where it leads us
and it's not
in the path of God.
So, we like to convince people that they should follow
the evidence where it leads. And if you're a real good critical thinker,
it's not going to lead you down a religious path.
So, that's one thing; we don't hate God.
But then, so, the other question: Why are we so angry?
Why do we get so worked up about something that we don't even believe exists?
Well, again, if all it was was: "I don't believe
in this just like I don't believe in a--
a flying unicorn
in this room,"
you're right.
It doesn't seem to make any sense that we get so
worked up over something we don't even believe in.
But you try living in a country where
just about every elected official

Spanish: 
¿Por qué los ateos
están tan enojados ?
Y otra pregunta que me hacen mucho:
¿por qué los ateos odian tanto a Dios?
Siempre lo dicen como
que estamos enojados y molestos por
ciertas cosas, y que queremos hundir a Dios.
Bueno, número uno:
no odiamos a Dios. Simplemente
no creemos que existe.
Apoyamos la verdad y seguimos
el camino trazado por la verdad,
y ese camino
no es el de Dios.
Nos gusta convencer a la gente de que se deje llevar
por las evidencias. Si eres un buen pensador crítico,
no te llevarán a un camino religioso.
Que quede claro; no odiamos a Dios.
Entonces, la otra pregunta: ¿Por qué estamos tan
enojados? ¿Por qué nos preocupamos tanto por
algo que ni siquiera creemos que existe?
Bueno, de nuevo, si todo fuera:
"No creo en esto, al igual que no creo que
en un unicornio volador
en esta habitación",
tienes razón.
No tiene sentido que nos preocupemos
por algo en lo que no creemos.
Pero si vivieras en un país donde
casi todos los funcionarios electos

Spanish: 
creen en Dios
y creen que
Dios y su fe
deberían ser
la base para
crear políticas,
también te enojarías.
O si tuvieras que
orar en la escuela, o recitar el juramento
a la bandera diciendo "una nación bajo Dios",
o vieras religión dondequiera que vas:
en las reuniones del Ayuntamiento,
en tu familia, en cada
evento al que vas,
sí, posiblemente te sentirías algo
molesto por todo el delirio que te rodea.
Y no solo las creencias privadas de otros,
también quieren que formes parte de eso.
Sí, tal vez eso
te enoje otro poquito.
Mi amiga Greta Christina
escribió un libro maravilloso explicando
por qué los ateos
están tan enojados.
Enumera varias cosas horribles que
la gente ha hecho en nombre de la religión.
Y aunque estés de acuerdo con que
la Iglesia Bautista de Westboro,
los "Dios odia a los maricas",
no representa a la gente de verdadera fe,
y en eso estoy contigo, no creo que representen
a la mayoría de cristianos que conozco.

English: 
believes in God and
then believes that
God and their faith
should be
the basis for policymaking,
you'd get upset, too.
Or if you had to
say prayers in school, or recite the Pledge
of Allegiance saying we're a nation under God
or you saw religion everywhere you went:
at City Council meetings,
in your family, at every
event you attended,
yeah, you might get a little upset that
all this delusion is all around you.
And it's not just other people's private beliefs;
it's something they want you to be a part of as well.
and it's not just other people's private beliefs;
it's something they want you to be a part of as well.
Yeah, you might get a little
ticked off as well.
My friend Greta Christina
wrote a wonderful book explaining
why atheists are so angry.
And she lists a lot of awful things
people have done in the name of religion.
And even if you agree that, you know,
Westboro Baptist Church,
the "God hates fags" people,
they don't represent people of true faith,
and I'm with you, I don't think
they represent most Christians I know.

Spanish: 
El punto es que muchos religiosos siguen pensando que
Dios va a mejorar todo; que si rezan, les pasará algo bueno.
Que orar realmente logra algo;
que pueden conversar con Dios.
Son todas esas cosas
sin ninguna evidencia como base.
Es igual de perturbador el que la gente
use sus creencias religiosas para justificar
cosas horribles. No estoy
diciendo que están al mismo nivel,
pero es la misma línea
de pensamiento que expresa:
"Mi razonamiento
va más allá de cualquier cosa
que pueda probarte,
pero voy a usarlo para justificar lo
que yo quiera hacer, sea bueno o malo".
Si quieres hacer
algo bueno,
fantástico. Y si tu iglesia te
permite hacer algo bueno, fantástico.
Pero hazlo por las razones apropiadas,
no porque quieres
complacer a Dios,
ni porque quieres ir al cielo,
ni porque te crees mejor que los ateos,
ni porque tú crees en Dios y nosotros no.
Pero sin duda,
percibes una

English: 
The point is that a lot of religious people still think
that God's going to make everything better; that if
they pray, something good is going to happen to them.
That prayer actually does something;
that they can have a conversation with God.
It's all this stuff that is based
in no evidence whatsoever.
And that's just as upsetting as people who take
their religious beliefs and use it to justify
awful, awful things. I'm not saying
they're on the same level,
but it's the same sort of
thinking that says,
"I have an explanat--
I have this reasoning
that goes beyond anything
that I can prove to you,
but I'm going to use it to justify anything
I want to do, whether it's good or bad."
Like, if you want to do
something good,
that's great. And if your church allows you
to do something good, that's great.
But do it for the right reasons,
not because you're trying to
please God, not because you're
trying to get into Heaven,
not because you think you're better than
atheists because you believe in God and we don't.
But you definitely
see that

Spanish: 
creencia implícita: los religiosos piensan que son
mejores que tú, más amables que tú, más confiables que tú.
Así que,
perdónanos si
nos mostramos algo
enojados cuando
oímos eso.
Pero no estamos
en contra,
no sentimos odio hacia Dios. Es que usan
a Dios para hacer cosas que nos resultan increíbles.
Me llamo Hemant Mehta.
Escribo en FriendlyAtheist.com
y si tienes alguna pregunta,
ponla en los comentarios.

English: 
implied belief a lot, that religious people think
they're better than you, nicer than you, more trustworthy than you.
So, you know,
forgive us if
we act a little
angry when
we hear that.
But it's not against,
you know,
it's not because I have some hatred of God, it's because
people use God to do a lot of things that I just find unbelievable.
My name is Hemant Mehta.
I write at FriendlyAtheist.com
and if you have any questions for us,
please leave them in the comments.
