These Were Only Human Too

[Eilonnwy]

I sometimes hear atheists and other nonchristians say they won't listen to arguments presented by Christians because we're only human. Do these people forget that Richard Dawkins, Dan Barker, Michael Newdow and science professors are only human as well? So were Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Bertrand Russel, Charles Darwin, David Hume, Robert Ingersoll, Thomas Paine, Voltaire, etc. They had to put trousers on the same way, use the toilet, keep clean, sweat, had sex drive, etc like everyone else.

1) Who the hell said this? And are you aware that atheist is a wide umbrella and not 1 atheist is representative of all? I would never assert such a ridiculous statement, and I have to wonder if you might have misinterpreted something someone said because it seems really weird.

2) All the people you listed are respectable people with varying opinions, of whom I may or may not agree with given the argument. For example, I like Dawkins when he talks about biology and evolution, but I think he's a terrible debater and the brights movement is stupid. I look at these people and see them as nothing more than people, who have in their own way, represented atheist or freethinking ideas.

Your point about these people being human and taking shits like everyone else is completely irrelevant. Jesus was said to be human, meaning he took shits and wanted sex. I bet he masturbated on a regular basis.