(June 17, 2016 at 5:18 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: The thing is, when you're talking about numbers of people, nuance is useful. It may look weaselly to you, but what can I say? Some strong atheists make a definitive claim which they cannot support, and some of those atheists get butthurt when that's pointed out.If they were getting trolled by arguments that the people trolling them routinely fielded off when presented -to- them....I can understand. That's what I was trying to express.
Quote:I don't think as many strong atheists get butthurt when religionistas preach at them as religionistas do when told their beliefs are silly. I don't have hard data to back up that opinion, so I'm not going to fight it out. It's an opinion. If you take it or leave it, it's no skin off'n my ass either way.
I'm not doubting your opinion or experience, at all....we're missing each other here, lol.
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