Brainstorm

[Aegon]

Would you agree it makes you bigoted to avoid Muslims because you assume that because someone is a Muslim they automatically support the things you think they do? You think it'd be fair for anyone to avoid you for being an atheist because of their preconceived notions of what an atheist is? Those preconceived judgments would be something along the lines of, "That guy is an atheist so he automatically thinks he's smarter than religious people and is intolerant of me because I think differently than him." So, in actuality, maybe that assumption wouldn't be too far off for you, eh?

First of all, properly define the word bigot for me. Some of you seem to not understand it.

Second of all, my being an atheist doesn't say anything about myself but for one thing. But you already know that. Being a Muslim, on the other hand, could say a lot about you.

And last but not least, I never said I would avoid muslims or anything else like that. All I said is I wouldn't feel comfortable having a beer with one. Nor would I like to be friends with one. But I can't guarantee that neither of those will ever happen. It's just how I feel at the moment.

1. "A person who is utterly intolerant of differing creed, belief, or opinion."

2. Oh, the irony! You being an atheist should mean only one thing about you (that you do not believe in God.) Being a Muslim, however, should also only mean a few things about you (that you believe in God and you consider the Quoran your holy book.) If you assume anything about their beliefs past that (including how much of the Quoran they know of and how literally they interpret it) then it's no different than me assuming you're an intolerant cockface because you're an atheist.  

3. Fine. That's not much better though IMO.