(January 14, 2014 at 8:46 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: The same could be said about some atheists...
Oh? How?
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 Oh? How?  (January 14, 2014 at 8:46 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: The same could be said about some atheists... Nobody's saying it couldn't. Nor does the fact that some atheists have issues admitting wrongdoing invalidate the fact that some religious folks do too. It's a very human thing to do, really; we rarely get challenged this directly about beliefs that inform so much of ourselves, so it's almost an automatic reaction to continue assuming that you're right, and to leap to their defense, with offense. Those of us who manage to keep that impulse in check and actually examine the evidence and allow that to inform our views, end up at least agnostic.
"YOU take the hard look in the mirror. You are everything that is wrong with this world. The only thing important to you, is you." - ronedee
Want to see more of my writing? Check out my (safe for work!) site, Unprotected Sects!  (January 14, 2014 at 8:59 am)Esquilax Wrote:Indeed!(January 14, 2014 at 8:46 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: The same could be said about some atheists... Just thought I'd throw it out there. Say you're religious to some folk around these parts and they act like you are about to poison their dog. 
"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken." Sith code  (January 14, 2014 at 9:04 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Just thought I'd throw it out there. Say you're religious to some folk around these parts and they act like you are about to poison their dog. They just might be, if they feel the dog has been possessed by the devil. 
"YOU take the hard look in the mirror. You are everything that is wrong with this world. The only thing important to you, is you." - ronedee
Want to see more of my writing? Check out my (safe for work!) site, Unprotected Sects!  (January 13, 2014 at 8:10 pm)Vegamo Wrote: Muslims who get offended by criticism are likely questioning their own faith on a day to day basis. Maybe they want everyone to believe the same way? How many atheists get angered when someone spouts that there is no evolution or that the earth is only 6000 years old? Granted the atheists rarely resort to violence over those issues like many have done in the Moslem world.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
 (January 15, 2014 at 12:59 am)Polaris Wrote: Maybe they want everyone to believe the same way? How many atheists get angered when someone spouts that there is no evolution or that the earth is only 6000 years old? Atheists don't get angry with people over reaching different conclusions, we get angry with how those conclusions are reached i.e. via a lack of critical thinking. Nothing personally concerns me more than the lies children are taught by their religious parents, not because I care if they grow up to embrace religion or secularism, but rather because it promotes a fundamentally erroneous methodology for discerning truth from falsehood. And in a world of 7 billion people who collectively have tremendous influence on our environment, that can be potentially lethal. (January 14, 2014 at 9:09 am)houseofcantor Wrote:(January 14, 2014 at 8:46 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: The same could be said about some atheists... (January 14, 2014 at 9:10 am)Esquilax Wrote:IS your dog possessed by the devil? (loads shotgun eagarly)(January 14, 2014 at 9:04 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Just thought I'd throw it out there. Say you're religious to some folk around these parts and they act like you are about to poison their dog.
"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken." Sith code (January 15, 2014 at 8:25 am)houseofcantor Wrote:(January 15, 2014 at 8:22 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: IS your dog possessed by the devil? (loads shotgun eagerly) Ummmm. Big fellow is he?
"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken." Sith code |
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