Atheists

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Ridiculing is what you do, I'm not ridiculing you, I'm merely pointing out that you interpret your personal experience as being absolute, as opposed to merely being your personal experience, whereas my experience illustrates diversity and the fact that people are different.

That might work, except I never said my personal experiences were absolute; an answer to a seemingly unanswerable question. Nice try, though.

You haven't ridiculed me? Read my earlier posts - read your earlier posts - and you might see you did.

In other words you see everything in black and white, when it's not necessarily so.

Of course everything isn't black and white. How else could the grass as being green?

With all due respect (which I don't think you deserve), I don't see everything as black and white. I understand there are gray areas. I know not every question is going to have a "yes or no" answer. Take the issue of abortion for example. What if pregnancy is a risk for the mother? What if the mother comes from a strict, devoutly Christian family who would disown her if she had a child if she wasn't married? Would it be considered immoral in those situations? You see that the answer of abortion being moral or immoral is simply not black and white.

If this forum is open minded then you are not. And of course you admit to preaching, which I agree with. You preach the word of atheism, whereas I merely talk about my views, but without wishing you to share them, as I feel no psychological need to be agreed with. My motivation in talking about my views is simplyself expression, which is not the same as preaching, as much as you'd like it to be, and your motivation is to have me agree with you in order for you to feel validated. It's a crutch for you.

I didn't know you were a psychology major! How nice is that! You've never met me, or talked to me outside this thread, and yet you know all my little crutches! You're good.

I don't need you to agree with me. In fact, I'd much rather you not agree with me. When idiots agree with me, I always feel stupider.

On a more serious note, I don't preach the way you view the word "preach". And if I do, could you give me an example of me doing that? As you are very good at that. And you preach, as well, if we are going by your definition of preach. (but, oh wait, you haven't said what it is...) I understand why you would want to say you don't preach - it makes your argument a moot point.

I'm not going to argue with you about how well you know me, my crutches, or my motives, because you are obviously close-minded and won't listen. It seems nothing could sway your understanding of me - even me! Ironic, yes?

One question: could you answer to everything I've said? You knit-pick a lot, and it seems that points I seem to trump on, you try to shy away from.