The Case for Atheism

[Cyberman]

No, actually. If you overstood my intentions you would look at the whole picture.

Maybe I got confused by an instruction to "sleep on it" in response to a statement of unfamiliarity.

You have been present in just about every thread I've started. Have you seen evidence that I am arrogant? This is a serious question because I don't want to assume that I know how I come across to others.   But I take it that you are astute and would not have accepted my buddy request if you thought I was arrogant in a condescending way.

I wasn't trying to assert that you are arrogant, only that I found your response arrogant. Perhaps condescending would have been more apt. And while I am indeed as astute as I can be, or would hope to be, I can be friends with anyone.

I'm not saying that everyone who engages in overstanding will always come to the right conclusion,. I know I don't. so I appreciate a challenge within reason.

I did think that the meaning of the word overstand would come to you, so I said sleep on it.

And that's what rubbed me the wrong way (steady, Nestor). For that moment, you were coming across in theist apologist mode with their "you'll learn the truth one day" schtick. It's so unneccessary, when a simple straightforward clarification would have sufficed and was indeed later forthcoming.

Put it this way. I'm currently taking driving lessons. Assume that I have never seen a car and have no familiarity with the controls. If my obvious and admitted lack of comprehension with, say, the ignition system was met with the instructor telling me to "sleep on it", is that helpful? In this scenario, there are only so many buttons and levers etc I can try. There isn't the same breadth of scope as the English language and all its nuances.

Thank you for elucidating me. We could have saved so much time though.