LISTEN, CHRISTIANS!

[Esquilax]

Huggy pointed out some of the responses that people have posted which appear to contradict the "I'm not angry at God" position that many claim. I said thanks. Big whoop.

The problem is that they don't contradict it, because they don't speak of anger at all. "Nope," does not indicate anger. "I have an ethical objection" does not denote rage. That's stuff you're unjustifiably reading into the text.

But it occurs to me why it's so important for folks in this forum to deny being angry at God...because that unveils them as actually believing that He exists. How can you be angry at something that simply doesn't exist?

Can I suggest another possibility? We don't like being misrepresented.

Here's another: robbing us of our voices is offensive.

Can you at least consider that our responses might just be in reaction to you and the things you're saying, rather than indicative of some deeper motivation? Drop the conspiracy theory mindset and look at the words we're actually saying, rather than the motivation you'd prefer to impose upon them?

Now, don't get me wrong (like that's not gonna happen anyway), I know that there are quite a few members of the forum who are not angry atheists. You can tell by their calm, casual responses and posts that they are simply not all wound up. They're just few and far between, aren't they?

Others (and I would probably include you in this group, frankly) are REALLY aggressive and pissed off. Or am I completely wrong about you?

Here's the thing that you seem to keep missing: anger does not necessarily have to be directed at your god. Our anger can, in fact, be directed at another person. Why are you refusing to even consider that we might just be angry at the person we're talking to? What's up with that?