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RE: My Unfortunate Encounter with a Theist, Too Harsh?
April 29, 2014 at 7:01 am
Thing is, you can tell them as polite as possible, but many theists will still feel offended as soon as you say the word atheist.
Some religious people just take it personally like that.
If he goes around talking to people like that, he should expect that not everyone welcomes him with tea and cake and hallelujah's.
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RE: My Unfortunate Encounter with a Theist, Too Harsh?
April 29, 2014 at 8:39 am
(April 29, 2014 at 5:36 am)Rampant.A.I. Wrote: Never mind the fact that Matt and Trey identify as AGNOSTIC, likely for publicity reasons with an acerbic show like South Park, and are likely agnostic in the way that Neil Degrasse Tyson is agnostic, or I myself am agnostic.
I doubt they do it for publicity reasons. They don't give two fucks what people think about them, and that's part of what has made their show so popular. I would assume it has more to do with not identifying with the angry stereotype the word conjures. I think a lot of people avoid labeling themselves atheist simply because of the baggage the word carries with it.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: My Unfortunate Encounter with a Theist, Too Harsh?
April 29, 2014 at 12:20 pm
Just ask 'em why their all powerful, loving god made typhoid, malaria and ebola
Then hit 'em with a brick (god will protect them so it's ok)
The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will fly to the stars.
Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups
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