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Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
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If they would keep their beliefs to themselves I'd have no reason to be critical.
Unfortunately they don't have that ability. That's not part of their overall plan.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
 (May 20, 2017 at 9:08 am)Cyberman Wrote: Religious beliefs can be a sign, if not an actual cause, of impaired critical thinking. It depends on the severity of course; however such impairment can lead to, or at least imply, a lack of critical thinking in other areas, which leaves a person ripe for fleecing by those out to capitalise on the gullible. That's largely how Trump happens."how Trump happens." You do like to start tropes. People are still over there in that other thread talking about practicing their aim when they miss god. A linguistic trend setter you are.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers. Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. --Voltaire Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.  
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
and I have a different issue with most of them in that despite they are claiming sincerely held beliefs, their sincerity rarely cannot withstand even the lightest, barest fluffy bunniest degree of scrutiny.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
I think criticizing the beliefs of religious people is exactly the same as religious people criticizing atheists or members of other religions.
Thinking is one thing, but being openly critical is quite another. I am all about live and let live. And yes, I know religious people don't live and let live, and I think that sucks balls. That doesn't mean I think it's ok for atheists to do it. Everyone thinks they have The Answer and The Truth.
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RE: Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
Because Jesus !! The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
 RE: Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
May 20, 2017 at 12:18 pm
(This post was last modified: May 20, 2017 at 12:18 pm by Whateverist.)
I don't criticize them for believing what they've been trained to believe, I'd just like to challenge them to salvage more room for critical thought by recognizing that neither they nor anyone else have conclusive grounds for belief in what cannot be demonstrated. It would also be nice if they'd use that capacity to reflect on the wisdom of fostering a secular society where everyone is free to believe what they like in such matters, but no one is imposed upon to live in the manner laid down in any of the holy books.
(May 20, 2017 at 11:09 am)vorlon13 Wrote: and I have a different issue with most of them in that despite they are claiming sincerely held beliefs, their sincerity rarely cannot withstand even the lightest, barest fluffy bunniest degree of scrutiny.How can anyone, this side of Galileo, sincerely believe Joshua made the day last longer by praying for the sun to stand still?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers. Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. --Voltaire Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind. |
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