RE: Tar Heel turns State red.
February 12, 2015 at 9:41 am
(This post was last modified: February 12, 2015 at 9:47 am by Brian37.)
I have been in a 2 year feud with atheists on another website over agreeing with Hitchens calling religion poison. The absurdity is that Hitchens wrote that book in 07 and these same atheists said nothing back then, and only jumped on me almost 2 years ago when I simply agreed with him.
"Atheist" is as I keep repeating, a position, not a religion, not a moral code. These same atheists wont give me credit, thinking I am a big meany to religion and just like fundies for agreeing with Hitchens. "Atheist" currently CURRENTLY is not treated as a religion, I hope it never gets to that point, but the future is not a given and it could potentially get twisted from the mere position the word denotes, into a dogmatic political entity we call religion.
"Atheist" should always remain a position only. It should never be treated as a moral code, political party and especially not be turned into a religion.
I even when as far as posting one audio Chapter to these fellow atheists to show them that Hitchens indictment of religion was never a call to violence to end it. He even admits that it will not go away in that chapter.
I am anti theist in the same context I am an anti unicornist or anti flat earther. I am not anti human rights. And no sane atheist, including Hitchens or Dawkins ever or should ever condone what this atheist did. Our ability to be cruel or compassionate is in our evolution, our individual actions and completely independent of the labels we assign ourselves or others.
My favorite part of this chapter is where Hitchens pays Homage to Antigone in agreeing with her condemnation of desecration.
"Atheist" is as I keep repeating, a position, not a religion, not a moral code. These same atheists wont give me credit, thinking I am a big meany to religion and just like fundies for agreeing with Hitchens. "Atheist" currently CURRENTLY is not treated as a religion, I hope it never gets to that point, but the future is not a given and it could potentially get twisted from the mere position the word denotes, into a dogmatic political entity we call religion.
"Atheist" should always remain a position only. It should never be treated as a moral code, political party and especially not be turned into a religion.
I even when as far as posting one audio Chapter to these fellow atheists to show them that Hitchens indictment of religion was never a call to violence to end it. He even admits that it will not go away in that chapter.
I am anti theist in the same context I am an anti unicornist or anti flat earther. I am not anti human rights. And no sane atheist, including Hitchens or Dawkins ever or should ever condone what this atheist did. Our ability to be cruel or compassionate is in our evolution, our individual actions and completely independent of the labels we assign ourselves or others.
My favorite part of this chapter is where Hitchens pays Homage to Antigone in agreeing with her condemnation of desecration.
