Being an atheist I believe in death the great equalizer where we all become dumb as dirt. I also believe in the science of universal expansion where all life will die. So I don’t go around calling people idiots or dumb because that is my future, your future, and the future of all life. The only part of the bible with a little truth is Ecclesiastes.

Probably because Christians are even more cruel.

Any group has it's outliers. In my experience though, I've run into MANY more asshole theists than atheists.

Sure that's the future. What's also the future? Bringing my kids up in a (hopefully) secular world. Where they can then bring theirs up too. If someone is stupid enough to threaten that I'm gonna have something to say about it. Just because we all die in the end doesn't excuse idiocy right here and now. What a ludicrous idea.

Atheists are considered cruel because we don't respect idiotic beliefs. Our society is built around the strange idea that we should respect everyone's personal opinion no matter how retarded it is. And it's fucking up everything. From funding for scientific research to civil rights for women and homosexuals, to having non-violent criminals locked up for life getting gang raped in prison.

I'm going to get pissed when people try to justify causing far reaching harm to other humans and our society under some retarded concept that we should respect everyone's opinion.

(March 22, 2014 at 11:11 am)edgeoflogic Wrote: Being an atheist I believe in death the great equalizer where we all become dumb as dirt. I also believe in the science of universal expansion where all life will die. So I don’t go around calling people idiots or dumb because that is my future, your future, and the future of all life. The only part of the bible with a little truth is Ecclesiastes.

I don't think telling truth is cruel. Do I have to lie to dumb people instead of telling them who they really are?

Some of my best friends are christians, and I even let them use my bathroom. I only get mean in discussions when I feel that the opposite is dishonest or willfully obtuse, i.e. wasting my time.

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(March 22, 2014 at 11:33 am)tor Wrote:

(March 22, 2014 at 11:11 am)edgeoflogic Wrote: Being an atheist I believe in death the great equalizer where we all become dumb as dirt. I also believe in the science of universal expansion where all life will die. So I don’t go around calling people idiots or dumb because that is my future, your future, and the future of all life. The only part of the bible with a little truth is Ecclesiastes.

I don't think telling truth is cruel. Do I have to lie to dumb people instead of telling them who they really are?

Because the act of telling transports a message beyond the mere words that are uttered - making a deliberately unkind act out of a superficially objective statement. In this case, the act of telling even outweighs the content of the message imho.

Cruel? Is this a joke? Christians murdered their way across the world for a 1000 years. Many Muslim countries currently have the death penalty for apostasy, homosexuality and other non-offenses. Atheists? We make fun of stupid people on the internet.

Oh the cruelty!

(March 22, 2014 at 11:11 am)edgeoflogic Wrote: Being an atheist I believe in death the great equalizer where we all become dumb as dirt. I also believe in the science of universal expansion where all life will die. So I don’t go around calling people idiots or dumb because that is my future, your future, and the future of all life. The only part of the bible with a little truth is Ecclesiastes.

But we live in the here and the now.

Different varieties of theism have real world, negative consequences.

I don't go around calling theists idiots or dumb, I just point out their beliefs are wrong, or at least unsupported.

I didn't become more intelligent when I became an atheist. I just stopped believing in ridiculous unsupported stories.

(March 22, 2014 at 11:11 am)edgeoflogic Wrote: So I don’t go around calling people idiots or dumb because that is my future, your future, and the future of all life.

I usually call dumb or idiotic someone's beliefs or opinions. I never call the person stupid Most of my friends are christians and i'm sure they don't think i'm cruel... whatever that means.