(January 13, 2016 at 9:53 am)Faith No More Wrote: Whenever I hear a theist complain about atheist's attitude, I imagine them throwing rocks at a hornet's nest and then complaining about those mean ol' hornets when they get stung.
It makes me wonder, how far does the theist think you can marginalize someone before they push back?
Chris, the owner of the erstwhile EvilBible forums, used to have this anaolgy. He likened them to someone going into a hardcore biker bar, throwing their weight around and yelling about how all bikers are violent, intolerant thugs; then waking up in hospital a week later saying how he was obviously right.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'