The Atheist Obsession with Insulting Christians

[CapnAwesome]

Pardon me if I can't take your word for it, even if there is a little smiley face next to the sentence. I think it's entirely possible that this is how you genuinely are in real life, however I think it's possible that it's not.

Fair enough. Ya win some, ya lose some.

See! Case in point. Out of curiosity, why did you decide to join a forum for Atheists?

[Jenny A]

Tell me you didn't just say "irregardless", kingpin. Please.

Oh, you share one of my favorite bugaboos.  Irregardless instead of regardless.

[Tartarus Sauce]

I've heard this before.  This is where people see Christians as condescending or the whole "I'm better than you" stereotype.  Ever think that maybe she's she just happy and respectful?  I know perfectly well mannered polite atheists and I've never thought it was because they didn't believe in God.

Yes, I have thought about it. I think it's more likely to be an act though because she's happy and respectful about everything, to the point sometimes I think it's ridiculous. It's not that you have to insult people to be genuine, but I think sometimes she hides her real ideas behind this veneer of 'I'm such a nice person,' Even her profile picture is designed to be that way. It seems phony to me. I always accept the possibility I could be wrong. A forum is a really difficult format to really get a good impression of people. I have a hard time expressing my true self in this format.

Does kingpin's profile picture give you the same impression?

[Tartarus Sauce]

Fair enough. Ya win some, ya lose some.

See! Case in point. Out of curiosity, why did you decide to join a forum for Atheists?

Oh I see, you really don't know her as well as you think you do.

She's explained this multiple times already.

[CapnAwesome]

Yes, I have thought about it. I think it's more likely to be an act though because she's happy and respectful about everything, to the point sometimes I think it's ridiculous. It's not that you have to insult people to be genuine, but I think sometimes she hides her real ideas behind this veneer of 'I'm such a nice person,' Even her profile picture is designed to be that way. It seems phony to me. I always accept the possibility I could be wrong.  A forum is a really difficult format to really get a good impression of people. I have a hard time expressing my true self in this format.

Does kingpin's profile picture give you the same impression?

No, and neither do his posts.

Here is the thing, If I were to invent a way to give a good impression of Catholics to an Atheist forum, I'd pretty much invent Catholic Lady. Now I don't think she's a Poe or anything like that, but I think she hams it up a lot.

[Iroscato]

I actually agree that there are some people on here with an axe to grind with Christianity or religion in general. A couple with quite an impressive set of axes, arranged by colour and sharpness.

What we can take away from this thread, I think, is that few people are truly defined by the beliefs they hold, but by the experiences they've had in life. We are naturally a reactive species, and we are ever so good at tarring groups with the same brush, and drawing imaginary lines that become heavily fortified barricades. It rarely matters what religion we belong to in my experience, because we are all more similar than we like to admit in certain ways.

This message was brought to you by some deep introspection and two pints of Camden Hill. Lovely stuff, that is....

[Catholic_Lady]

In a vague sort of way I'm anti-religious in that I'm anti-wrong.  But it doesn't rise to real hatred of religion or the religious generally.  I do hate people who use religion to justify immoral behavior or to excuse their own bad behavior.  I'm annoyed by people on my doorstep who would like to convert me but have no factual or logical reason for the belief that they want me to join.  I'm really annoyed when those same people think it's okay to try to convert my kids but not okay for me to engage their kids about atheism.

I don't get any people at my door step like that where I'm living now, but I used to when I lived somewhere else.

It was mainly Mormons and Seventh Day people.

As much as I don't agree with their beliefs, I can understand they have good intentions and it takes guts to go around knocking on people's doors.

[Tartarus Sauce]

Does kingpin's profile picture give you the same impression?

No, and neither do his posts.

Here is the thing, If I were to invent a way to give a good impression of Catholics to an Atheist forum, I'd pretty much invent Catholic Lady. Now I don't think she's a Poe or anything like that, but I think she hams it up a lot.

I think you're wrong, you don't even know the reason she's here, despite the fact that she's explained it multiple times.

[Catholic_Lady]

Fair enough. Ya win some, ya lose some.

See! Case in point. Out of curiosity, why did you decide to join a forum for Atheists?

To have discussions with and listen to the views of different minded people.

[CapnAwesome]

See! Case in point. Out of curiosity, why did you decide to join a forum for Atheists?

Oh I see, you really don't know her as well as you think you do.

She's explained this multiple times already.

I don't think I know her particularly well. I don't comb over these forums with a fine tooth comb, and I don't find her act particularly interesting. That's why I put 'I could be wrong'