(March 25, 2012 at 5:13 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: He/she could have meant that in being bullied it is required for her/him to defend atheism. Which of course is not apologetics, but rebutting apologetics. Debate is a word which sometimes stands in for argument.
What I'm trying to tell you is that just because someone has a strange way of expressing themselves in no way automatically makes them a troll or poe.
The actual question was why atheism puts people up in arms, which could simply be answered, I think, by saying some people fear the utter lack of belief in god more than they fear people of different religions.
Yet I did ask a direct question as to why he used a large font. How many times have you seen theists come on here claiming they are or were atheists and do that very thing with their first post AND claim atheism needs apologetics? Personally, between here, the com forum, Jref and a few other forums, I have seen the exact tactic used countless times.
