(October 7, 2012 at 2:19 pm)Stimbo Wrote: It's a common theist tactic: the only reason that unbelievers 'reject' whatever god is under discussion is that we are angry, hurt or otherwise damaged, by the god or the earthly agents thereof. Dehumanising your opponents makes them easier to deal with. There is also the fringe benefit of avoiding the real question of why we reject the god; i.e., if we are seen as perfectly happy in our unbelief, the theist can be as well. So we have to painted as the hateful ones.
You mean theists actually prefer to understand our rejection of God as either based on an immature emotional reaction or completely baseless? But it is so much simpler than that.
