atheists and "conspiracy" theories

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'Shell B' wrote:
How is the big picture more important than the details?

Wow, I hope you are being facetious on that one!!! It is just something called perspective!

The big picture is made up of the details.

True. The whole is made up of parts. But if you don't know how to put these parts together, then all you have is a scattered and fragmented mess of "details".

Those unwilling to "parse sentences" are, to my mind, those unwilling to actually sort through the facts.

That is a false assumption. I think most atheists are very willing to sort thru facts. I just don't want to waste effort squibbling over petty crumbs.

It is easy to have a preconceived notion and a preference for the outcome.

You could not have said it better. This statement goes BOTH WAYS does it not?

It is, again to my mind, very uncool to make wide-sweeping claims based on these notions and preferences and then refuse to acknowledge the details that really make up the entire scenario.

You are assuming that I am coming from a place of ignorance because I disagree with you. Trust me, I never wanted to believe that 911 was a conspiracy. For a long time, I believed what everyone else did. Not until I was open to the idea, did it hit me like a ton of bricks. I served 4 years in the USAF and was always patriotic. Now I question governments, and NWO theories which a few years ago I would have laughed at.

"Hey, who cares if the details don't match up? The governments is mean! That's the big picture and I'm sticking to it." Fuck that.

I don't feel that way. That is extremist. There is a lot of good that gov. provides and I believe it is necessary in the modern world. But... historically all powerful governments get too big and hungry and want to control everything. Just read world history and see.