RE: Atheism
July 7, 2018 at 8:49 pm
(This post was last modified: July 7, 2018 at 8:50 pm by Simon Moon.)
(July 7, 2018 at 12:29 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Constantly disrespecting our beliefs (not just disagreeing with them).You deserve to have your beliefs disrespected. They are stupid. It's the 21st century, man. Not the 8th. There are no fucking miracles. The problem with xtians is that for centuries, while you had the power to do so, you would routinely murder those who disputed your bullshit. I get that you look upon them as the good old days but those days are gone. If you can't produce evidence to support your claims - and you never have - then you are simply shit out of luck. Stop whining.
I believe the problem shown here by Steve and RR, is that , they are unable to separate their beliefs from all other aspects of their makeup. So, when their beliefs are attacked they perceive it as a personal attack on their entire being.
When we call their unevidenced god-man beliefs idiotic, they perceive we are calling them idiotic.
If someone calls one of my beliefs idiotic, I don't perceive they are calling me an idiot. I am the first to admit, that there are many subjects I am an idiot on. And, if they can show me how I am being an idiot, with demonstrable evidence and reasoned argument (not the kind of crap that Steve and RR post here), I will be the first to thank them for helping me eliminate a false belief.
Time for theists to get over their persecution complex (as Tizheruk points out above).
If you want to not have your beliefs 'disrespected', get beliefs that are due more respect.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.