(September 17, 2015 at 7:01 pm)Cecelia Wrote: When one denies what science and evidence says, they get called out on it. It's pretty simple really. Atheists aren't angry. There are many Christians who are anti-science. They claim the world is 6000 years old, and want to push that into classrooms. It's something we want to prevent the encroachment of. If we sound angry, it's because we are fighting a difficult fight against the Christianization of this country. We're fine with Christians, so long as they do not try to influence the lives of those who do not believe.
Yup. And I think the Patton Oswalt meme on the first page ties into that. Christians keep trying to push this backwards shit into our society by hiding behind the idea that all opinions/beliefs must be respected and represented 'equally'. It's the kind of binary thinking BS that has killed critical thinking, at least in America. "All sides" don't have to be treated with kid gloves, nor do bullshit ideas need to be presented as an equally valid alternative to mainstream ideas.
In short, like he says, beliefs don't need to be respected. And hopefully more people will understand this.
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