RE: The Incredible Lightness Of Being An Atheist
November 27, 2011 at 11:26 am
(This post was last modified: November 27, 2011 at 12:41 pm by little_monkey.)
(November 27, 2011 at 10:23 am)Rwandrall Wrote:(November 27, 2011 at 10:02 am)little_monkey Wrote: It doesn't matter if that's 10% or 20%, if you live in area that 99% are christians, and most of them are obnoxious. You happen to live in a country that seems to be tolerable, so you are totally clueless as to what it is to live in closet, fearing that if anyone could out you, your quality of life would take a plunge for the worse. You can philosophize all you want with your arrogant attitude in your ivory tower, but keep that to yourself until you are faced with that kind of life experience.
I don't doubt that it's gotta suck, and i have suffered from outing myself as an atheist (not nearly as much as those in the Bible Belt would though, from what i've heard) but it's no reason to generalize that behavior to all christians, because it is, again, subjective anecdotal evidence.
Again, i'm tired of both sides of the argument only seeing the other side by its worst stereotypes, it's is just so insane and leads to nothing but confrontation and ego-stroking ("THESE people are assholes, this makes me BETTER", or "reality show watcher syndrome")
From your POV, one could argue that they were good nazis, and therefore one shouldn't generalize that all nazis were bad.
Sorry, but one must look at the root cause, which is the set of beliefs from which these people are acting. And Christianity is a set of beliefs that is not supported by evidence. It is full of superstitions, misconceptions, and distortions. It is used to enslave people to a doctrine. And its aims is to be looked upon as the only truth. As far as I'm concerned, its practitioners, whether they are fundies or the ones just paying lip service, are to be treated with suspicion.
And you can substitute the word "Islam" for Christianity in the above, and I would come to the same conclusion.
But all you can see is that atheists are beating their chest, thinking they are better, when in reality, there is a real danger out there but you are too blind to see it.
