Quote: OH? ...You come here and explain YOUR vision??? As if WE Care??? and you call US childish???
If you don't care don't read.
And cat girl... I assure you your tiny little crap arguements will make no difference in what I believe. My Christian community contains intellectual giants that have provided consistent and good answers to every problem that you and others have attempted to lodge against us. You can take your elitism some where else. You are polluting this thread with empty insults. So far your arguements have amounted to, your view is dumb mine is real smart, so don't you believe now. Honestly that is not even the purpose of this thread. Why don't you start a thread called why Jesus did not exist, and you and others who have deluded yourselves can go read it and insult people you disagree with.
Quote: I do not usually set out to deliberately offend people unless they get up my nose. I find most theists apologists on atheist forums offensive and their view dogmatic, arrogant and willfully ignorant. I tolerate them because I want to remain on this and other forums and for no other reason. My respect is earned, and may not be demanded.
Nor do I allow myself to be manipulated or censored by refraining from expressing an opinion for fear of giving offence. The one exception is my 84 year-old Catholic mother,who I DO love and respect.
To offend with good intention is understandable. For example, if I say that I believe Muhammad was really a bad person for x reason. That would be insulting to a Muslim but I said it with the intent of expressing how I feel and why, and the secondary, unintended result was that it insulted someone. Dpal said what he said with the intention of insulting alone. This is juist rude and wrong. To defend his actions is to defend an immorat act. He is causing unnecessary hostility.
