(July 2, 2018 at 10:42 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(June 21, 2018 at 2:09 pm)emjay Wrote: Yeah, I just see that from Neo as BS times two. Not much different from MK claiming all atheists are secretly believers who have turned their back on god. I guess in either case it brings them comfort to think and say that... but at the cost of looking like complete twats.
I guess you missed the "For some, not all, some,..." part.
No matter how much I carefully qualify my statements and make every attempt to allow for differences of opinion, some, not all all, some atheists will ignore any attempt at nuance to revile my opinions and make personal insults. I strongly suspect such seemingly intentional distortions come from deeply held prejudices against theists. This is what makes participation on AF so often unpleasant for me personally.
No, I didn't miss that qualification, but you made two statements, one with that qualification and one without, so call it a 'cumulative case' as you guys are so fond of, that led to that comment. And the one you did qualify, IMO even saying 'some' is an overestimation if not unheard of.
I've always liked you and been interested in what you've had to say, but then you say things like that and I wonder why I do.
