Predjudice in School towards atheists

[Phil]

Sorry that you got off on a wrong footing with Phil but if you read his other posts, you will find that he is one of the most interesting person's to be-friend on this forum.

Thanks? Now I gotta go look up the definition of interesting

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And kids use stupid fonts all the time - I certainly did. And express themselves in goofy ways - I did that too. Also, you said apologetics, not him - it would seem purely because of "debaters and defenders of atheism," which if you think about it in a way is what we actually do on this site.

And I don't care - you don't have any direct proof yet, and even if your suspicion pans out there's no reason to act like a twat immediately. Anyone who happens to be lurking on this site could now be afraid that if they don't express themselves in a particular way they'll get accused of being a troll or poe from the outset and decide they don't want to join or participate, and I find that to be a shame.

Why would you find it a shame that some lurkers might feel it necessary to look up word definitions so they can use the proper wording in the future so they won't be misunderstood? Fact is if the OP explained that he meant argument and not debate AND he meant defend his reasons rather than just disagreeing when I said atheism doesn't need apologetics (as if he is claiming atheism is a religion) then I would have said nothing. Yet he did none of those things did he?

edit: Besides his claiming that atheism needs apologetics/defense is as dumb as saying reality needs apologetics/defense.