(April 21, 2015 at 6:56 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(April 21, 2015 at 6:38 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: When did atheism become synonymous with insulting?
What?
Sorry, but that is the argument used when someone wants to shut down a conversation. I bet you don't like Bill Maher either.
When you form a group on old books with fantastic claims and go to war over them and cause the entire planet to have to divert resources to it; I think that blasphemy verbally by people who wish that would stop is appropriate to those who are participating in that conflict show that only care about their own tribes.
Since when did atheism become synonymous with walking on eggshells? Religious people kill over their beliefs, I think being killed because you offended someone with no intent of killing them, is far worse than getting offended.
If you believe that insulting theists will destroy religion, it won't. But, if that is where you'd like to spend your energy, that's fine. Atheism isn't synonymous with walking on eggshells or insulting. It doesn't need to be either or.
