(January 10, 2015 at 2:51 pm)strawdawg Wrote: I can see people not believing in God but why hate it?
I had two uncles neither believed in God, they didn't go to church. They were good family men and good providers. They didn't hate religion they just didn't want to hear it.
"Hate" in what context?
I certainly cant hate all 7 billion humans who of most hold some sort of religion and or god belief. But ideas certainly I can hate. Just like if you had a friend going around claiming the New York Yankees won the Superbowl. You may love them but the only appropriate response to that claim would be "
bullshit".
I have no compunction for example, calling out sexism and bigotry and homophobia done in the name of religion. I do hate the idea that there is a magic man in the sky concerned with this tiny dot in the middle of nowhere. I hate that humans feel the need to hold old beliefs that have no bases in our modern understanding of nature.
But I do not hate the good side of our species. I do not hate our ability to be compassionate. I could not function in the world if I merely hated others out of ignorance. We do not live on an island.
Again, our species has yet to learn on a big scale the difference between human rights, and the credibility of any idea uttered. Human rights are a given. But no one is obligated to like what comes out of someone eleses mouth on any subject.
You can love the person and still hate a claim they might make. People are not one claim on one issue. It depends what the person is saying and the topic and the evidence they have. Certainly they are under no obligation to prove what they claim, but I am also not obligated to adapt that position without evidence, and I am also not obligated to remain silent if I do not like what someone claims.
