(February 22, 2021 at 8:40 am)Brian37 Wrote:(February 22, 2021 at 5:01 am)Irreligious Atheist Wrote: Brian, the anger phase of atheism is not supposed to last forever. We know religion lied to you and that you don't like that, but at some point you are letting the religion rule your life when you freak out over someone saying God bless, soul or miracle. It's time to move on.
Oh please. This isn't "anger" in the sense that I want to pass laws banning the use of the word, it is merely annoying as hell to me.
It is like having a friend who keeps repeating "The Chiefs won the Super Bowl not Tampa."
It is just annoying. I am not militant, not going to go out and riot.
(February 22, 2021 at 4:52 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: You're correct that it's just an utterance and explains nothing. But it isn't SUPPOSED to be an explanation, it's not supposed to provide answers or to conclude an investigation. When there's a house fire and the local fire chief says, 'It's a miracle no one was killed', does that mean they throw up their hands and don't investigate for cause? It's an expression. Calm down.
Boru
You are right it isn't supposed to be an explanation, but you can't tell me many on that plan explain their survival as being because of some magic hand, or superstitious luck.
And of course it won't stop an investigation. I simply get tired of hearing it.
I like what Sully said when he was asked if he said a prayer, "I didn't have time" when he landed the plain on the Hudson.
If you also remember, quite a few years ago when Wolf Blitzer asked a lady, after a tornado hit, "You have to thank God" and she responded, "actually I am an atheist." But responses like that rarely if ever get aired.
I am genuinely happy nobody died. I damned sure know how scared I am flying even without such things happening. But not all news stories have to keep using the same old cliches to convey a sense of empathy for your fellow human.
Sometimes I simply would like to see the story told without God or superstition interjected into the editing.
Yes, I understand that it's just annoying and that you don't want to ban it. Most of us here went through a stage right after we became atheists where we were annoyed by certain words associated with religion, but most of us move on from that anger stage and are happier for it. I'm sure glad I moved on from that stage and recognized how silly it was to be bothered by such minor things. And then there are people like you who still get worked up over someone saying God bless, or Minimalist who seems to be always pissed off and calls all religious people religitards. Move on from the anger and let yourself relax a little. It's nice. Trust me.
