(May 3, 2009 at 11:58 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Of course the ideas on Christianity being about not thinking etc are wishful. A banal put down.Explain why 99.9% of the people who reject evolution are religious. It is not wishful or a banal put down, it is a fact. Religions destroy the ability to think outside the box.
Quote:All the Christians I know are quite the opposite, very considerate of their belief/s.Yet none of the ones who seem to come here (new company excluded...for now) show this at all,
Quote:In my life, the way atheists are described in that story resembles Christians, and the Borg atheists. People on this forum almost say as much: they'd be happy if Christianity no longer existed, they seek to convert, they repeat mindless rhetoric thoughtlessly.Well of course we say we'd be happy if religion no longer existed. It would mean that we'd have more people to talk to on our own level. I'd personally prefer to see every liberal and conservative gone and replaced with Libertarians, but that doesn't mean I'm going to go around mindlessly converting people. I will state my opinion and let them consider it. I don't go round door to door telling people there is no god. Instead I organise lectures and meetings where anyone is welcome to join if they want to. This is very different from forcing a view on somebody.
Your phrase about repeating mindless rhetoric thoughtlessly reminds me of someone...(clue: His username begins with f and has two 0's in it)
Quote:PS Adrian: Because you don't fucking understand doesn't mean you have the right to belittle me. k?Very sorry, should have made this more clear. I didn't belittle you because I didn't understand. I belittled you because you have a history of dodging questions and creating circular reasoning.
