(June 14, 2013 at 12:12 am)ReasonableRuben Wrote: "Sticking around" hardly describes what I've been doing, but I did premise my introduction with the admission that my interest in forums waxes and wanes.thanks all the same, and kudos to you too.
But still, you and other theists don't call for our arrest or treat us like baby killers. And what I say to you here, I cant say in public. Anytime in my daily life, even if I am polite about it, give criticism to a god claim, it always gets shut down with "I respect your atheism", meaning "Know your place pet atheist".
My theist friends and co workers don't "respect" my atheism, they value my human rights, and they like me personally. But when they say "I respect you", what they are really saying is "I don't like being questioned".
I hate the attitude that you should never question or blaspheme or ridicule something. I like the word "value" I despise the word "respect", it is over used word mostly meant to say "Don't bruise my ego".
I may not value your god claim, but I do value much more someone who doesn't fear me, than someone who demands my submission because they don't like the mirror to their claims.
I am going to kick the living shit out of any and all god claims, past and present. But I am not going to leave anyone bleeding in the street because they may make a claim I find absurd.
