(November 15, 2015 at 2:59 pm)Aroura Wrote:(November 15, 2015 at 1:54 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: One of my friends who moved away and I fell out of touch with became an atheist in the past year and won't shut up about it on facebook. Not about being an atheist (though she does that too, that part doesn't bother me), but about how "bad" Christians are. She posts ridiculous memes and sometimes random news articles (some from years ago) about the most extreme, isolated, nut job cases which I've never even heard of before, to somehow prove that all Christians are bad people. And then she turns around and posts about how Christians think all atheists are bad, but that they're not all bad and that we need to stop generalizing lol. Which is funny because not a single Christian facebook friend of mine posts nasty stuff about atheists being bad people. The only one posting hateful stuff, is her.
I try not to let it annoy me too much because I know she's bi polar and has other mental illnesses and has suffered from hallucinations/etc in the past, but sheesh, pipe down woman.
New atheists (I don't mean *New* atheist, I mean, newly come to think that way) can often be like ex-smokers, sadly. Some go through a anti-theist period for various reasons. Often they are angry at a feeling of being lied to or tricked, or something like that. They may also be feeling like they are now "out" of their social circle, and so they are intentionally outing themselves more. Kind of like how some overweight people call themselves fat right upfront, just so you can't.
I hope it passes in your friend. It does not pass in everyone, but I think it does for most people going through it. Particularly if she is already suffering a mental illness.
Yeah, I believe she's a good girl just going through a weird stage. Hopefully she'll grow out of it soon.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
