Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
May 24, 2017 at 8:29 am
(This post was last modified: May 24, 2017 at 9:31 am by Valyza1.)
(May 24, 2017 at 7:43 am)Harry Nevis Wrote:(May 23, 2017 at 4:08 pm)Valyza1 Wrote: Even if that's true for all Mormons, that they don't understand their own beliefs (and there's no way to know that), I fail to see how mockery helps. Children don't understand what they're doing when they pretend to do grown up tasks. Is ridicule really going to help them grow up? It serves no purpose but to gratify the person doing the ridiculing, and it's a cheap gratification to boot. You can't expect anyone in the wrong to learn something when they are on the defensive.
When bullshit is presented as fact, and the believers have stopped thinking and are just swallowing the crap whole, ridicule is one of the few ways to get their attention.
Brilliant. Stop someone from jumping off a bridge by shooting them.
(May 24, 2017 at 12:15 am)Lutrinae Wrote:(May 24, 2017 at 12:06 am)Valyza1 Wrote:
The irony being that every atheist here understands theism quite well enough to ridicule it.
Most atheists were theists before they removed the rose colored glasses.
To identify theism as rose colored glasses in such a context already clarifies the entirety of your objection with it. It belies the fact that theism, representing for you the sheltered world-view stage of your journey through life, doesn't represent the same thing for everyone. It's not all flowers and candy canes for many theists. There are realities just as hard, and at times downright terrifying, for one committed to serving God as there are for anyone devoted to any ideal. And yes, if one is on the right path, there is a promise of Heaven, but there is no promise that one is on, has been on, or will stay on the right path. Just believing there is such a thing as eternal damnation and not being sure if one is consecrating oneself to it or not is enough to keep one awake at night.
