RE: Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
June 2, 2017 at 6:56 pm
(This post was last modified: June 2, 2017 at 6:58 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 2, 2017 at 6:49 pm)Valyza1 Wrote: He believes pretty hard that the world is a terrible place for them and not worth keeping them alive for. How crazy that is is irrelevant. It's what he believes. I meant non-believer in the sense that he doesn't have any particular religious beliefs, but he still has beliefs. Everyone does. There's no reason to think he's any crazier than person A. Person A would still need to be the same level of crazy as Person C to actually do that. Belief is just an excuse if it's bad, and just a compass if it's good......no? In your thought experement...he thought it was terrible place for him and then executed them on account of that? If he deeply believes it's a terrible place, for them, then...again, he deeply believes...what sense does it make to call him a non-believer in that case?
Quote:That's basically where we disagree. You seem to be implying that someone like A wouldn't be someone like C without his religious beliefs. I'm saying that's a baseless implication.Well, we don't actually disagree, you change the subject when you trip on your own dick. / shrugs
Still haven't deigned to tell me, what you think, in your own scenario...not that I don't already have a pretty good idea of how you hope to moot the issue.
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