Tooth Fairy Bullshit

[Asmodee]

Hehe! I love dropping in on a thread and seeing Huggy posting definitions of a word, willfully ignoring the other, more context derivative definitions.

I remember why I never get into it with him.

Except the context was made very clear...

Bullshit.  I quoted every word from that post.  There was no "context" in that post which suggested anything other than an absolute and at no point did you EVER try to put it into context.  You just argued the entire time, still unable to simply admit even the slightest possibility that you misspoke.

Please remember, in a very active thread which we don't all visit every day a response to a post may be just that, a response to a single post, not the entirety of the conversation which came before.  When considering JUST what I was responding to, there was no damned context and your stubborn insistence that I am COMPLETELY wrong, EVEN AFTER you actually changed your position to agree with me, is really damned annoying.  Aren't you a Christian?  What does the Bible say about pride?  So, what if I'm wrong?  I guess we'll talk it over when we get to Hell, you and I.

My OP was definitely an aggressive reaction to those atheists that malign theists. I expected the open hostility that followed. At the same time I found it very sad that so many atheists would 'double-down' on the tooth fairy/Christian God comparison. Others tried to distance themselves from the insult by saying they could respect the person without respecting their beliefs. That doesn't work. By implication they are saying that the admirable people on my list were too stupid to dismiss a childish belief.

To us, there is no difference.  Both are unfounded magical beliefs.  The only difference is that one of them isn't widely believe.  That's not really a very big difference.

And if you think about it, this entire thread is a blatant disrespect of my beliefs that the two are identical to bitch about me disrespecting your beliefs.  I never called you a "douchebag" for believing something I do not, after all.  Yes, to come right out and say it is a little rude on our part, but that is my belief and you're a douchebag if you don't respect it, right?  Why are your beliefs so much more important than mine?  Why are YOUR beliefs deserving of respect that MY beliefs are not?

So let me ask you this.  Do you see any difference between belief in fairies and belief in Thor?  How about fairies vs. Krishna?  Fairies vs. voodoo spells?  Fairies vs. Wicca?  In all of these cases, is one more deserving of respect and investigation than the other?  You obviously have no respect for belief in fairies, but that is a belief some people ACTUALLY HOLD TODAY!  By saying the comparison is an insult you are actually insulting the beliefs that others hold, and doing so while whining about your beliefs being insulted!

But it's not like I expect you to actually critically examine a point of view in opposition to that which you, yourself, hold.  You do speak intelligently at times, but at other times you are stubborn, prideful and extremely inconsiderate of any belief you don't personally hold.  And all of that while bitching about people being extremely inconsiderate of beliefs you do hold.