(June 18, 2014 at 4:41 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: Much as I don't want to spoil this "two minutes hate", I think that there is a touch of generalisation going on here. Are there arrogant Christians? Obviously. Are there arrogant atheists? Just as obviously. You found a few dick was and are extrapolating.
All you Americans do that! Generalise the behaviour of a group from a limited sample.
Yes, we do tend to generalize.
In our defense, however, there is a large population of extremely vocal and incredibly arrogant Christians in this country that seek absolute social domination over anyone that isn't rabidly shoving Christ down everyone else's throat. The generalizations come in because we heathens cope by spouting insults towards these idiots, and it gets extremely tiring adding the "I know not all Christians are like this, but I need to emote about this issue" caveat at the end of every rant.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
