RE: Quite a shame how people respond
April 25, 2013 at 11:47 pm
(This post was last modified: April 25, 2013 at 11:47 pm by Violet.)
(April 25, 2013 at 3:43 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Exactly what is wrong with ridicule?And to say all attacks are senseless is stupid.
Claimant, "Pink unicorns are real"
Atheist, "That is bullshit, no they are not real"
Claimant, "YOU HATE ME"
Are pink unicorns real? Does that claim deserve blind value? Or does it sound ridiculous? When someone tells you the moon is not made of cheese, you don't condemn them, you thank them.
Unless the pink unicorns are gods, an atheist can believe in them as much as they will without contradicting their being an atheist. At all.
When someone tells me the moon is not made of cheese, I start questioning their intelligence. Specifically their humor and creativity... giant losses in their standing in my eyes.
Quote:What is senseless is making naked assertion claims and pretending those claims should be valued without being questioned.
Ahhh, I see: every assertion is a senseless strawman
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
