From one of my new favorite authors, Peter Boghossian. (I rate him with Dawkins and Hitchens and Stenger and . . . all our favs.)
From "A Manual for Creating Atheists".
But I'm a little torn. Sure, I dream of a day when religion is classified as a mental illness. I would love to see 95% of my 9-year-old
cousin's HS graduating class claim to be atheist. I would love to see a day, before I die, when nobody kills each other over who has
the RIGHT imaginary friend. BUT . . .
I have told many Xtians who were trying to change MY mind that it was disrespectful. That they were treating me as if I was not an
intelligent adult, quite capable of choosing my own beliefs, and that those beliefs were none of their business.
If I try to "debate" a religious person away from their religion, am I not committing the same act of disrespect?
From "A Manual for Creating Atheists".
But I'm a little torn. Sure, I dream of a day when religion is classified as a mental illness. I would love to see 95% of my 9-year-old
cousin's HS graduating class claim to be atheist. I would love to see a day, before I die, when nobody kills each other over who has
the RIGHT imaginary friend. BUT . . .
I have told many Xtians who were trying to change MY mind that it was disrespectful. That they were treating me as if I was not an
intelligent adult, quite capable of choosing my own beliefs, and that those beliefs were none of their business.
If I try to "debate" a religious person away from their religion, am I not committing the same act of disrespect?
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
