Christian missionary becomes atheist after trying to convert tribe

[Anomalocaris]

 

I think many of those who make the blanket claims that everyone should be listened to and respected as if equal really are not arguing for equality.   What they are doing is indulging in a inner sense of superiority over everyone else.   They are saying "everyone is as good as equal beneath me, because I stand so high above that their differences with each other are insignificant from my lofty perch".

Such an attitude is par for the course with Bel. He comes off as if he truly believes he understands the world more than anyone else, because he reads a lot, or claims to.

That is certainly not contradicted by his tendency to set himself above his interlocutors by dropping names of this "great" philosopher or that "great" Christian while trying sometimes to affect a humble and reasonable voice.