(October 16, 2013 at 4:22 pm)LarissaAnn Wrote: Having been a Christian before I think they find themselves duty bound to try and convert/save us because it's what they're taught to believe and do. However I think they hold in contempt those who reject what have to say. I'm sure they think we're ignorant, lost, misled, and unfortunate people who are in for a rude awakening upon death, but of course that sentiment is completely reciprocal in how we see them.It is not beating a dead horse. If humans never questioned social norms our species never would have left the caves.
They aren't very different from us really, both groups feel we have something great to offer that will enrich the other person's life and are sadly beating a dead horse. I think the difference between us and them though is that we don't feel threatened from genuinely listening to what a Christian (or whatever faith) has to offer, we can genuinely weigh both sides because we don't feel we have anything to lose by hearing what they has to say; they on the other hand I think might feel very threatening if they consider the fact that we may have a point so they choose to glaze over rather than genuinely hear the other person out.
I used to believe too. I feel sorry for kids indoctrinated into any superstition and I feel sorry for adults that they cant see that it is a placebo, nothing more.
Humans can and do progress, we no longer believe the earth is flat. We no longer believe the sun is a god. They don't need poofbaby stories or zombie god stories.
