RE: Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread
May 7, 2018 at 7:50 pm
(This post was last modified: May 7, 2018 at 7:53 pm by Whateverist.)
(May 7, 2018 at 6:20 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(May 7, 2018 at 5:39 pm)Whateverist Wrote: Huh, thought he was a certain part of a horse's body.
^this^
The number one barrier between better relations between theists and well meaning non theists is the cavalier assumption on the part of theists that we need fixing and they are entitled to attempt it. (The number one barrier between theists and angry atheists is probably unresolved resentment toward theists which rightly belongs to other believers in the atheists' lives.)
And my point was that plenty of atheists also think we need fixing. Just as one example, few months ago, Mathilda made a whole thread full of unflattering generalizations about how theists are immature and not properly raised. There are some who think we have mental illnesses.
The point of my post in defense of Neo was to say that plenty of people here are guilty of doing exactly what he did. So I think there's a bit of a double standard when Neo gets dragged through the mud for doing the same thing that plenty of people here have done.
I realize that (my bolded) and I think I've been pretty clear that I don't share that perspective.
The double standard has to do with how I respond when adults offend adults in an elective setting like this versus how I respond when I feel disrespected by someone I feel I've treated with respect.
