(February 9, 2010 at 12:17 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:I most certainly did not blame Minimalist for the current public's perception of atheism, but he does contribute to the negative reputation we get with ignorant comments like the ones in this thread.
But, Zhal, I don't care what you think, either. I am tired of these religious nutjobs who show up on atheist sites demanding respect for their superstitions and inherently insisting that we treat them differently than they treat us. Fuck 'em. I have found that they do not handle outright scorn for their beliefs very well and that is all they deserve.
What are they going to do? Run back to their churches and whine "an atheist was mean to me." Who cares?
You know that many of us here actually like having Christians on these board to discuss with? Calling them a "Jesus-freak asshole" doesn't do anything but create hostility that's completely unnecessary and discourages them from coming here at all.
You don't have to respect a thing they say, but sinking to lowly personal insults makes you look just as bad.
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