(August 23, 2016 at 8:45 am)ChadWooters Wrote: I do not hate atheists. I dont even hate atheism per se even though I think many of the ways it manifests itself can be profoundly destructive for people and society just as misguided religion can. I strongly dislike some AF members but I still pray for their well being and for me to learn compassion through them.
No, you don't hate atheists. You just think we're all self-absorbed, wicked tools of Satan that deserve eternal punishment for not accepting your beliefs as true.
You're splitting hairs there.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell