RE: Thiests: This how atheists see religion
May 4, 2013 at 3:50 pm
(This post was last modified: May 4, 2013 at 3:54 pm by Darkstar.)
(May 4, 2013 at 3:41 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: I find the OP highly amusing. On another thread I was surrounded by atheists screaming that atheism was only the lack of belief in deity and nothing more.. If those same folks show up and do not to condemn your OP it will reveal them to be total hypocrites.
Maybe some people agree with the OP. Maybe they don't. The real point of distinction is than no one is obliged to agree with the OP. Gooders1002 may see religion as an enemy, but this is in no way a requirement of atheism. While I personally dislike religion, I'm not sure if I would label it as an enemy. I might agree with the OP up until it says "But until we do, these people are still a part of that system and that makes them our enemy." That is, I realize that I am opposed to religion, but theists are just normal people like atheists, and should be treated as such.
I would be fine if the religious and the non could just get along. Some religion is benign, some is not. I would not consider most theists to be my enemy, it is only once you start treading on Westboro Baptist or "death to apostates" territory (i.e. vocal/violent extremists) that I would use such a term.
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
