(August 2, 2012 at 11:32 pm)CliveStaples Wrote:(July 25, 2012 at 10:19 pm)ElijahDrew Wrote: I'm sick of seeing these '..And I'm a Mormon' ads on YouTube! Can some atheist organization please start an ad campaign about us to piss off the religious?
Script: "Hi, I'm so-and-so. I wake up, go to my job at a charity organization, pick my kids up from school, take them to the park, never cheat on my wife, help the needy and guess what? I'm an atheist!"
I'm religious, but I wouldn't find "I'm an atheist" ads any more annoying than the "I'm a Mormon" ads.
Well, the ads are useful for dispelling preconceived notions about what Mormons are like. I also find the ads annoying, because I don't have preconceived notions of what Mormons are like other than the fact that they believe Mormonism. The atheists here, however, have lots of preconceived notions about theists in general (which includes Mormons)--their intelligence, their rationality, their contributions to society, and so forth. The amount of bigotry here is staggering; before I started contributing here, I thought that most atheists were just normal people, not the super-assholes you guys have here.
I'm only an asshole to religious people because of their condescending attitude towards the non-religious: "I'll pray for you then." "You're just lost." "I hate you've chosen that path."
