(May 17, 2023 at 9:45 am)Belacqua Wrote:(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?
I grew up with no religion at all. I remember in college thinking that believers just needed some kind of "crutch" to make the world more tolerable, but that stronger or wiser people can do without that support.
This opinion didn't survive once I'd met some very brilliant religious people, and read books by others.
Also once you notice that there are just as many silly and moronic atheists as theists, it sort of levels the playing field. Religious belief is no longer a way to separate the moronic from the non-moronic.
True words. I know plenty of "morons" regardless of worldview. Thanks for the feedback.
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