That's Why;

Atheists are just as sad as 'fundamentalists' as they have beliefs that are just as strong that there is no God. People start to have issues with Christians when they take what is written in the Bible out of context and focus on that one bit. All these people need is spiritual guidance and the ability to see the true message. If they didn't take the Bible out of context and were fundamental only about promoting love, compassion and making the world a nicer place then nobody would have an issue. Being a Christian means to be Christ-like so as such we should be asking would Jesus do or say this? If the answer is no, then you've got it wrong.

Excuse me! There is an huge difference between atheists and fundamentalists; the first will never push (fysically nor mentally) anybody into believing into something. That's the point, atheist don't BELIEVE. (that's why the atheist movement is so small and so nonviolant) In short; atheist ask; give me solid proof, and I wil accept your god. So far that has never emerged! And the bible is a BOOK! not the truth. Fundamentalists "know" the answer/ they "have the truth" and they will never listen nor read anything that might intervene with their belief. Atheists listen and read a great many beliefs and came to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a god or allah or whatever the name given to "the higher being depending on the country of origin), that religion is man-made!
BTW; if god created the universe and us humans, then who or what created god?

Definition of fundamentalist: strict adherence to any set of basic ideas or principles

An athiest can be a fundamentalist as well as anyone from any religion or form of belief.

I think some Atheists are fundamental in that they become aggressive in dissing others beliefs while they are in the process or asserting their own, that there is no God.

It is impossible for God to appear to us in an incontrovertible way which would give you the solid proof you need to believe that he exists. If he was to do that then humans would assume that what they have seen is the one and only image of God. People would say 'well he didn't look like that to me, so it couldn't have been God that you saw'. It wouldn't matter what form God choose to reveal himself visually, none would be incontrovertible to humans.

It is part of Gods plan that we have freedom of choice to either believe or not believe. God will not push you to believe in him, we need to have faith. Christians try to push because from where we are, the grass is greener on our side of the fence and we want everyone to come and join us. Like God, we also want the best for mankind.

This silly argument about atheists being fundamentalists misses the point entirely. You can call us fundimentalists, but that does not detract from the solid points we make. Hell really is an insane concept that makes no sense, as is the idea of living by the words of an anceint text with nothing to back it up.

Roboo21, So what if you call atheists fundamentals? it makes no difference to the fact there is no God. We should have the right to share/tell our beliefs more than anyone, because at least we can string together a proper discussion without personal anecdotes or complex explanations based on ancient text. We can defend and change our fundamental beliefs, but can you?

Is it impossible for God to appear to us in an incontrovertible way? That’s interesting; you’re one of the few that think this. I would have thought that an omnipotent being with endless power would have little trouble revealing himself (Or putting some obvious evidence someplace). You are so single-minded in your belief that you do not see how illogical what you’re saying is. How can you believe in an all-powerful God if you don’t believe he has enough power to inspire belief? Has he lost his power since the biblical times?

You’re kidding yourself to say the grass is greener on the Christian side, you want to look around and see that every facet of your life is benefiting from the gradual loss of theism. Evolutionary science might be the key to solving the worlds hunger crisis (Pity your god don’t care bout that huh?) evolutionary science works in applicable ways, it is a fact, as is physics theory… As of yet there are no theist-based sciences that provide man0kind with anything. Religion is an unhappy void that systematically brainwashes and closes minds across the world to varying degrees (You being one example of extreme).

Fortunately we have enough rational people in the world to keep most of us on track, a lot of people on earth are not waiting for some pagan apocalypse like you are, so while you sit back with all your green grass, we’ll keep on making things better for human kind in the long-run.
You don’t want the best for human-kind, you want everyone to agree with your version of reality so that you don’t need to worry about that fact that there is no proof for the things you believe in.
The best for man-kind is a world without our ridiculous faiths.

To Barbara; atheism is NOT "one track minded"; atheism is not-believing; believing is narrowing your mind. Go to extremes; suicide bombers; what state of mind do they have? VERY narrow, very on their little track of going to the virgins (male virgins??? :)) They don't have any consideration for people who are not with them, they live in a very small frame of mind. Atheists on the other hand will go into discussion but will not preach you, because atheism is "a-theism" no-religion=non-believing. How can one be fundamentalisticly non-believing? Compare it with a camera; atheists' lens is 360°, there is no more then 360° , fundamentalists see only a few degrees (narrow!) Fundamentalists will not go into discussions because they know they are right, they know that their world is The world, they don't even think that they live in a litlle narrow world of their own, they don't doubt that they could be wrong, they don't consider that they doubt that they could be wrong, their believe is the truth. POINT.
I was brought up with christianity, but very soon I saw something strange; the christian god is the only real god (that's what the bible says) but also the jews claim to worschip the only real god, and then the moslims also claim to have the only real god, who else? If there is only one real god, then sombody is (at least two) is wrong...I was around 12...
"Religious fanatics can cause a lot of grief", wow! you are very pollite to the murderers, rapers etc... the twin towers were destroyed by fanatics, Northern Ireland had +300 years of war because of fanatics, history is littered by wars and misery caused by fanatics (Hitler was a fanatic, dictator, psychopath and liked pagan religion if I'm not mistaking, not an atheist by far) (btw; Marx never killed anybody, Stalin did, but he (Stalin) was a dictator who put a big statue of himself in every town and village of Russia, atheist don't put statues of themselves anywhere, the thougt is funny...)
Narow minded people, and I don't like them. If that statement (I don't like fundamentalists) causes friction, then that is the problem of the one with the friction, this is after all a website where everything starts with "I" me, myself and I.

It's so sad to see people attack one another over their belief system. Whether one decides to believe in God or not, is frankly beside the point. Let's put it this way: If I have decided to believe in God and have accepted Jesus Christ as my Saviour, and it turns out that you are right - then I have lost nothing for believing. On the other hand, if I'm right and God does exist - then you have lost absolutely everything.

If a religeus person survives an accident, they wil say something like "thank god I survived!" very normal, yes? But, if god does excist, why did that person have an accident in the first place??? Why didn't god prevent that accident from happening???
Does it matter if god excists or not?
We all die, god or not. We were all born, god or not.
I have never heard one good reason to believe (and that's the key thing : believe) in a god.
Some say that after dead I will go to heaven, and then???
Some say that I will get seven virgins, what's so bloody special about girls (if it are girls...) who have no clue what to do in bed????
Some say that I will feel good,
The thing is, if one believes something it the same as fooling yourself.
It's not rational; example; a person can believe that spiders will eat you (I'm talking house spiders) an that person can get very scared from spiders, believing. But rational says that spiders don't give a s**t about humans, they just want to live and eat and give baby spiders, if some creapy big monster attacks them, they will fight, little does a spider know that that creapy big monster is scared s**tless from it.
I wonder why, so many, people feel the need to believe in something "higher" then nature? Why do so many people need to believe that there is a "thing" or "force" they name "god" or "allah" "out there". Why can't people accept the fact that when you die you are dead. POINT.
WHY??????
Can somebody put a light on that?

dudes!!!!!! this is way to long for me to read! ahahaha
But yeah I'm an Athiest. And Athiesm you cannot push on people, or it is nor Athiesm. Thats why usualy when Atheists have kids they try to show them their views, but they don't force them into believing there is no God. Religions are able to force themselves on people though, that is how they work and spread. With religions this is how they spead:
1. someone comes up with an idea for a way of life, a religion.
2. People start to believe in that religion, and it spreads, and more beliefs that go with that religion grow.
3. People tell about it to others, their kids, their neibors, and soon a church is started. Where the religo i taught and i spreads more.
4. Then people move away and spread the religion more.

Atheism is much different:
It first started out becauase people look at their religion and startd t judge it. This is called evolution. Atheism does not come from one part of the word, because someone did not make it up and spread it. People from different parts of the world came to relization of that the idea of God is crazy. It has gotten easier for people of evolve into this way of thinking though due to science. Science is all about fact, not faith. The most logical ideas are accepted while ideas with the least amount of fact are not accepted. Religion does not have anything to do with fact. Most religions have God as invisble, and also something you can not test. People can not be forced into Atheism or is is not truely Atheism. You have to come into the realisation of there is no God and that religion is fake. PS to robbo21, Who the **** told you being a christan was about be a good person. And if it was, then why can't you ******* be a good person with out having to worship yourself to dead dude. Atheism is Freedom, you don't have to worship anyone, you live the way you want, and most are good people. There is a much lower rate of Athiests killing people, and Christans last time i checked

I know lots of "fundamentalist" atheists. I completely agree with robbo. I know atheists who are constantly trying to force religious people to believe that there is not God. That would be fundamentalism. I also know religious people who are not fundamentalists. I would like you to be a Christian because I love you and I want you to go to heaven, but I'm not going to force that on you because I know that I simply can't. I can't change your mind, which is unfortunate, but suit yourself. So many atheists are more fundamentalist than some religious people.