Why do Christians sound stupid?

[Cyberman]

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I have to wonder if there may be some selection or confirmation bias at play...

I have noticed a fair number of sweeping generalizations from both side of the fence, and in my estimation it's a common human characteristic. I've noticed it here and elsewhere, and suspect that I do it as well though I try to avoid it.

It seems to me that it's easier to notice when another makes a generalization about a group you identify with, and less so when another who one identifies with makes such a generalization about someone (or a group) who is quite different.

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Probably quite right, I'm no saint when it comes to such things myself. It's all too easy on the internet to fall into the trap of tarring all of a particular group with the brush used on the more obviously vocal elements. As I tend to encounter the burblings of the likes of NephilimFree, VenomFangX, Ian Juby etc it can be hard to readjust to the more mainstream, moderate believers.

I think it can be gleaned from various of my comments here that I consider everyone to be different and unique, even when they cluster together in little enclaves for mutual support or whatever. Personally I would hope not to make a statement along the lines of "[Atheists] basically repeat the same few fallacies they read off some blog, which do not hold up to academic scrutiny at the middle school level", not only because lying is a sin but also it's one of those generalisations I mentioned.

You complaining about other people's lack of ability to use reason and logic, Polaris, is a bit like Rush Limbaugh complaining about Americans being too fat.

You trying to assert that point is like Paul Ryan or Obama telling the truth.

As in closer to 100%, you mean? And I say this neither knowing nor caring who Paul Ryan is. Wasn't there a film about his daughter?