RE: I wouldn’t be a Christian
November 3, 2018 at 10:51 pm
(This post was last modified: November 3, 2018 at 10:52 pm by Belacqua.)
(November 3, 2018 at 9:28 pm)wyzas Wrote:(November 3, 2018 at 9:08 pm)Belaqua Wrote: [quote pid='1841711' dateline='1541245826']
Well, on web sites like this one, I have often had distasteful interactions with atheists, too.
I've had atheists lie to me, and lie about me, and try to dox me, and slander my published work (without having read it of course). One guy posted a dozen vile messages because I pointed out to him that "transient" and "transcendent" mean different things. One moderator at another forum -- now defunct -- sent me a series of PMs one night with an increasingly bizarre series of insults. I could make a very long list.
This is not vulgar people who happen to atheist, but people whose dislike of religion causes them to type irrational and stupid things.
But the increasing number of such people doesn't cause me to lose respect for the good work done by other atheists.
Web interactions and real life interactions are two different animals. I've received insults/been called out in a room full of people (christians) and no one batted an eye.
It looks to me as if the argument is going this way:
~ The Christians near you are foolish and unkind.
~ Those Christians' thinking is not at all related to that of the Christians that I've named (Weil, Augustine, etc.).
~ Therefore, you reject the thought of Weil, Augustine, etc.
I certainly believe the first two. I don't see yet how the conclusion follows.