(June 19, 2012 at 7:47 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Thank you, but please explain to me how I am different than my detractors? I don't think humans should pretend that labels don't exist or should not exist. They will regardless of the wishes of the atheist or theist.
I didn't mention anything about your detractors - I pointed out that you inferred more about atheists than is justified. I also made the point that you use some labels while criticising others. Perhaps it would've been clearer to phrase it as a specific question: why do you criticise some labels and not others?
(June 19, 2012 at 7:47 pm)Brian37 Wrote: This false tactic of assuming that I am merely a polar opposite of my theist counterparts is absurd and false. I have no desire to force the world to conform to my label or politics. I do have a desire for challenge without fear which is what both the politically correct theist and atheist demand and what the religious zealot of all labels masturbates over.
I haven't assumed anything. I didn't say you were a polar opposite of anyone. This paragraph is irrelevant exposition addressing points which weren't even made.
(June 19, 2012 at 7:47 pm)Brian37 Wrote: If you and I shit and pee and fart, and every human of every label does, it isn't a ban on rival labels I am demanding, but a priority shift in that labels, while unavoidable, will never change the fact that we all shit and pee and fart and will die.
This point doesn't actually address my own.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignoratio_elenchi