RE: Angry Atheists and Anti-Theists
December 12, 2018 at 12:27 pm
(This post was last modified: December 12, 2018 at 12:27 pm by tackattack.)
(December 12, 2018 at 10:20 am)Brian37 Wrote:It wasn't meant to be passive aggressive. There is truth behind the quote "You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is restraint. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass" - Warren Buffet.
No where have I suggested don't accept criticism, don't make me think or skeptics are kitten burners. No where did I use attempt to justify oppression, violence, bigotry, etc.
My point was that anger or aggression are just emotional responses and aren't a good motivation for anything. I can get angry and stomp and romp, but until that subsides and I can reason what I am mad about or what to do about there isn't any forward motion. I'm not saying don't be angry about something , I'm saying don't act in that anger because emotionalism makes you less rational.
(December 12, 2018 at 11:11 am)Simon Moon Wrote: Seriously?!
Not sure how you've remained ignorant of the the facts, but theism has causes, and continues to cause, many real world negative consequences.
the facts... atheism have caused, and continues to cause many real world negative consequences
politics have caused, and continues to cause many real world negative consequences
societal norms have caused, and continues to cause many real world negative consequences
hrmm.. well the only thing relating them all is people and people will do crappy things and blame whatever is convenient.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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