(November 9, 2017 at 3:06 pm)SteveII Wrote:(November 9, 2017 at 2:29 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Immature and mature people exist in all groups. I think saying all theists or all atheists are immature, is immature.
I thought the same thing.
Though I think in this case it's allowed because Matilda actually forms an argument to back up her wildly generalized claim, which encourages discussion rather than being made purely for provocation purposes.
I'm not sure you can call that an argument and I don't think they are even generalizations. She just made shit up--sentence after sentence. Notice how the kudos came? The atheists here don't police their own when it comes to stupidity. I think its because they no longer recognize it. Talk about abdicating critical thinking!
I gave her kudos because I found the op interesting and thought that it was well formatted and presented in a coherent, concise manner. However, I do not share the opinion of the thread title, as IMO, it inhibits genuine opportunities for mutual learning and dialog between the secular and non-secular camps. With that said, you, along with Neo, Catholic Lady, alpha male, roadrunner, and ignorant, have posted some interesting/well formatted ideas on these boards, which I have found to be neat and kudos as a result. Hence, for me at least, a cool/interesting idea is cool/interesting regardless of whether the person presenting it is secular, non-secular, or whatever.
