RE: Serious question about thoughts on theists
May 16, 2023 at 6:07 pm
(This post was last modified: May 16, 2023 at 6:10 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(May 15, 2023 at 3:00 pm)Kingpin Wrote: For all my non-believing friends. I believe most of you are former believers or grew up in forced religion, etc. Do you find yourself blanket/generalizing all "theists" in the same vein? All who believe a God exists is silly, moronic? Or do you take each theist is their own person and assess your thoughts towards them on how they respond/treat you? Maybe it's a mix?
I only ask because I see a lot of ad hominem attacks in responses when responding to theists on here. Personally, I don't care if someone calls me silly, moronic, etc. I'm geniunely curious if that's how you view all theists in general, if so why?
“Theism is wrong because theists are stupid” is ad hominem. “Theism is wrong, therefore theists are stupid” is a deduction, perhaps unflattering, may even be wrong, but it is not an ad hominem.
