Quote Originally Posted by Punish_her View Post
Astheism isn't really anything new, and people have a right to believe whatever they want, but my problem with athesits lie in their arguments. The old, convincing athesists were the existentialists mainly, who used philosophical groundings and even religious texts themselves to argue that people should go their own way.
Which is essentially what the New Atheists are saying. No special treatment for religions and no special treatment for atheists. No religious restrictions for running for office, as some states still support. No religious basis for laws. Everybody treated the same, with dignity and fairness.

The current attitude among atheists is mch more akin to nihilists: we can't prove God exists with science, so he doesn't exist
Not true! We are saying that, despite thousands of years of trying, theists have not been able to provide any real, testable, concrete evidence for the existence of their gods. We know that there is no way to prove that gods do not exist. We also know that there is no valid reason for believing that they do.

therefore, fuck it, I'll do what I want.
As opposed to those "good" Christians who can do whatever the fuck they want because Jesus will forgive them?

To me it seems simple and arrogant
Live a good life, treat people fairly, be a good person, but don't believe in God? YOU'RE GOING TO HELL!

Steal, rape and murder indiscriminately, but accept Jesus on your deathbed? WELCOME TO HEAVEN!

Yeah, that sounds like arrogance to me.