RE: Ceteloguing the Tricks Theists Play
June 2, 2015 at 2:32 pm
(This post was last modified: June 2, 2015 at 2:35 pm by Dystopia.)
One trick - Assuming belief is the standard and asking the non-believer to justify his absence of belief. This is something many theists do simply because they are not used to rationally debate their beliefs so they truly think believing is normal and that not believing is a rarity.
Another - Asking where the universe came from (obvious one) or what purpose is there in life
Finally - Telling atheists that without god everything is justified because there are no absolute moral principles.
And - Saying that there were evil atheists like Pol Pot and Mao. Ok, no one denies that, but people are not held accountable for other people's actions just because they share something in common - I don't blame Christians for the actions of Rodrigo Bórgia and other Human abominations.
Another - Asking where the universe came from (obvious one) or what purpose is there in life
Finally - Telling atheists that without god everything is justified because there are no absolute moral principles.
And - Saying that there were evil atheists like Pol Pot and Mao. Ok, no one denies that, but people are not held accountable for other people's actions just because they share something in common - I don't blame Christians for the actions of Rodrigo Bórgia and other Human abominations.
Quote:This is a big one!In some countries including Iran and Muslim ones you can find discrimination against Christians - This is not something that should be ignored because Christians, like Jews and other groups of people have been persecuted in the past. I don't think that is happening in Christian-majority countries, but you can find examples of Islamic groups burning Christian children or censoring of free speech for Christians in non-Christian countries or even "socialist" ones
Christians think they are being persecuted when the unfair advantages they have enjoyed for ages get finally removed to level the playing field. Some christians find just disagreeing with them to be persecution.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you