(December 18, 2011 at 4:38 pm)amkerman Wrote: whateverist. I am sorry if you felt that my post somehow was rude. I guess whenever someone states their beliefs, or even speaks or says anything at all it might be seen as an attempt to "force" those statements on others. I don't have that perception though. If what I said was somehow offensive, know that was not my intention.
So many people on here trying to define atheism so it's a lack of belief, but not a belief itself. If I lack a belief in a flat earth, I necessarily believe that the earth is not flat. A lack of belief in "God" is a belief that "God" does not exist, in any form. I am not trying to "force" that belief on anyone, I am not trying to tell people what they believe. I am just stating what I perceive to be true. If that truth is somehow offensive to you, that is not really my problem, it's yours.
Do you think it follows that if some people believe unicorns are not pink and I do not share their belief that I must therefore think unicorns really are pink? Logically, this is exactly what you are trying to foist on me. Good netiquette requires you to permit me to be the expert on what I believe and what that means to me. In return, I grant you the same leeway. There are many here who have only known pushy, opinionated Christians. If you can't play nice I wish you would play else where. We really only want to talk with good Christians.
