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How to sound like an Online New Atheist
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist
(July 27, 2015 at 9:04 am)robvalue Wrote: The "reasons" for being an atheist are indeed trivially silly, and don't require much analysis, once you're already on that side of things. It's only the fact that such a large proportion of people in the world are not on the same side that I am forced to take the issue seriously.

Having to explain why you're an atheist to a devout believer is a bit like trying to explain to a little child why you don't believe in Santa... it's hard not to sound condescending. I try nonetheless, because I care about the believer and want us to reach an understanding of each other's positions. As I've found on this forum, sometimes their minds are so entrenched with presupposition that there can be no middle ground.

Do you find that when you say that you don't believe in god they assume you believe in something else?

I always thought this rather a silly outlook.

It's like if someone finds out I don't support a particular player in the world tiddly winks contest and assuming I support someone else. I don't.



You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.

Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.




 








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How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by omnomnom - July 25, 2015 at 8:32 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by Exian - July 25, 2015 at 8:46 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by abaris - July 25, 2015 at 9:03 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by abaris - July 25, 2015 at 9:11 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by MattB - July 26, 2015 at 2:35 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by MattB - July 26, 2015 at 4:25 pm
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by MattB - July 26, 2015 at 7:03 pm
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by abaris - July 25, 2015 at 9:24 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by abaris - July 25, 2015 at 9:33 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by brewer - July 25, 2015 at 9:43 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by abaris - July 25, 2015 at 9:46 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by IATIA - July 25, 2015 at 9:48 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by abaris - July 25, 2015 at 9:55 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by IATIA - July 25, 2015 at 10:21 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by omnomnom - July 25, 2015 at 10:02 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by omnomnom - July 25, 2015 at 10:20 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by omnomnom - July 25, 2015 at 10:30 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by robvalue - July 25, 2015 at 10:36 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by omnomnom - July 25, 2015 at 10:51 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by Cato - July 25, 2015 at 11:00 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by IATIA - July 25, 2015 at 10:57 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by Iroscato - July 25, 2015 at 11:00 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by omnomnom - July 25, 2015 at 11:06 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by Esquilax - July 25, 2015 at 12:07 pm
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by robvalue - July 25, 2015 at 11:18 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by omnomnom - July 25, 2015 at 11:20 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by Iroscato - July 25, 2015 at 11:30 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by omnomnom - July 25, 2015 at 11:31 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by Iroscato - July 25, 2015 at 11:39 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by omnomnom - July 25, 2015 at 11:40 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by omnomnom - July 25, 2015 at 11:55 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by Chas - July 26, 2015 at 2:26 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by LastPoet - July 25, 2015 at 12:03 pm
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by Aoi Magi - July 25, 2015 at 12:05 pm
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by LastPoet - July 25, 2015 at 12:09 pm
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by Spooky - July 25, 2015 at 12:10 pm
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by LastPoet - July 25, 2015 at 12:17 pm
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by Alex K - July 25, 2015 at 12:49 pm
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by IATIA - July 26, 2015 at 2:12 pm
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by Exian - July 25, 2015 at 10:29 pm
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by Iroscato - July 25, 2015 at 10:32 pm
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by Iroscato - July 26, 2015 at 12:03 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by KevinM1 - July 26, 2015 at 12:36 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by Cato - July 26, 2015 at 3:53 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by MattB - July 26, 2015 at 3:04 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by Cato - July 26, 2015 at 5:09 am
RE: How to sound like an Online New Atheist - by downbeatplumb - July 27, 2015 at 12:38 pm

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