RE: Ex-theists are often like ex-smokers, sanctimonious and insufferable.
July 22, 2015 at 12:19 am
(July 22, 2015 at 12:04 am)Parkers Tan Wrote:(July 21, 2015 at 3:59 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote: Well no but there seems to be a popular idea that those theists that come here to AF.org are answerable to each and every ex-theist with an axe to grind. I less and less respectfully disagree, especially when the theist in question has done nothing to deserve any of it.
Some theists are well-spoken and not preachy. They deserve the good treatment they've earnt.
Others, though, it's not a matter of me grinding any ax, but rather, pushing back against some asshole making purblind assumptions about me based on my lack of belief. I know I'm not alone in this approach. I also know that those atheists who wish for higher body-counts in churches earn the scorn and calumny ... and also assist the broad-brush we all chafe under.
Assholes come in all stripes.
Yes, agreed. Like you say, repayment in kind. So when the words and behavior are respectful I don't give a rat's ass whether their beliefs are true or whether others have done horrors in the name of the religion they espouse. They have earned the respectful coin. There are plenty of names for those who practice pre-emptive disrespect, none of them favorable.
