(June 17, 2016 at 12:37 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(June 17, 2016 at 12:11 am)Losty Wrote: My point is that being shit at accepting criticism is a human fault not some kind of theist issue. People struggle with it across the board and many theists don't struggle with it at all.
And my point is that with a preconceived construct which places high value on conformity in place, criticism from outside is more easily deflected.
Not every human is shit at accepting criticism. Religion, however, increases the likelihood of that being the case. Don't take my word for it ... disagree with any religionist online and criticize their beliefs, and see how they respond. Do the same with atheists. Tally up the resulting butthurt.
The personal investment in believing in a personal god is, I think, quite a bit higher than the personal investment in saying "meh, I don't believe."
I think you're being unfair in comparing religious people with atheists in this way.
We are talking about hating someone's beliefs not hating their unbelief.
If you want an example of how atheists can get in a huff when someone calls their beliefs stupid, look in CL's circumcision thread. People said believing circumcision is wrong is a stupid belief and some people went batshit crazy over that.
I don't believe that being sensitive about having ones beliefs attacked is a strictly theist thing, and I haven't seen evidence that theists do it more than atheists.
