Atheists

[Minimalist]

How do you square that?

Perhaps you were carrying a machine gun? I don't have enough information to evaluate that.

[Godhead]

Shell B -

Sorry but you do come off as someone who really wants theists to be atheists.



Paul -

Ridicule is a sign of insecurity.

[Shell B]

Shell B -

Sorry but you do come off as someone who really wants theists to be atheists.

Please quote where I said or implied that I want theists to become atheists.

[Godhead]

Shell -

I knew you'd ask. See your post.

[Shell B]

Shell -

I knew you'd ask. See your post.

I'm getting exasperated. If you knew I would ask, why didn't you back up your assumption in the first place? And see what post? Tell me where I said or implied that I want all theists to be atheists. This asinine discussion can go no further without something to back up your claim. Is it that hard for you to understand that concept?

[Godhead]

Shell B -

The things which you said in your post on the last page are the reason for my assumption. You just sound like someone who gets annoyed when others don't agree with them.

[Shell B]

*sigh* Tell me exactly what I said that implied I wanted all theists to be atheists. It's simple. Really.

Nobody likes being disagreed with. However, I will admit it when I am wrong or have misunderstood something. We have been in something like three threads together and you have already jumped to a number of conclusions about me. It's hard to take you seriously when you obviously form your opinions based off some hidden agenda.

[Paul the Human]

Paul -

Ridicule is a sign of insecurity.

Psychobabble always makes for a weak argument. When I ridicule religious beliefs, it is a sign that I consider them ridiculous. What do I have to be insecure about? I'm not the one making extraordinary claims that I can't back up. I'm a pretty happy person and I love to laugh. Religious beliefs are amongst the things that provide me with chuckles.

You know... now that I'm actively thinking about it. It isn't so much the belief in god(s) that I find so ridiculous (I do find it impossible to believe, myself), it's the dogma that goes along with it most of the time. Christians have the stories of the bible(s), Muslims have the crazy guy in the cave... all quite ridiculous (i.e. worthy of ridicule), in my opinion.

Why then, you might ask, do I ridicule your beliefs, while not ridiculing someone like DeistPaladin? It is because you have explained why you believe what you do and I find everything about it humorous. Not anger. Humor. When I say something disparaging about your beliefs, I am smiling while I do it... if that makes you feel better.

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It's hard to take you seriously when you obviously form your opinions based off some hidden agenda.

It's hard to take him seriously, period. But I definitely agree about the 'hidden agenda'. One has to wonder what his goal is.

[Godhead]

Paul -

It's not about how I feel because I'm ok with my beliefs, however in contrast, it's you who isn't ok with other people's beliefs. Saying that a view is ridiculous isn't an argument, it's just an expression of a subjective opinion and nothing more than an affirmation (to yourself) that you disagree. And actively attempting to ridicule someone amounts to an attempt at asserting superiority; at the end of the day you view those who disagree with you as inferior, and ridicule is your way of trying to express that. Trying to ridicule someone is akin to trying to belittle them, which is what you feel the need to do for some reason. When anyone tries to belittle someone else, it's a sign of deep insecurity. However, you're trying to pass it off as just saying what you think but it's clear that it's more than that. You are insecure, hence the need to make attempts at belittling those who don't share your views.

[TheDarkestOfAngels]