And you're proving my point precisely.
I'm sure that anything proves any point you want to believe in.
Atheists like you tend to get aggressive when it comes to faith-- yes, like many believers.
When I am told that I need to shut up and sit in the corner-a rude, condescending, aggressive statement in its own right-I will respond with immediate aggression. As an atheist I've come to find this attitude common among believers and religious accommodationists, and I think that as a community we must always respond right back and let people know we will not tolerate such attitudes. Deal with it.
And what really concerns me is that atheists are creating a general sentiment and hatred towards religious people.
No, that is not what is happening.
What is happening is that for centuries the religious have felt that religious belief by its nature deserves some sort of special respect we do not reserve for any other kind of belief. Now that atheists are actually being openly critical of religious claims in best selling books and popular blogs, you people are crying like little babies. Grow up and deal with it. Telling you your beliefs are highly suspect is not hatred.
That is a very empirical way of thinking.
Yes, it's good to base your beliefs on the clues reality actually gives you about its nature.
You should read "A treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge" by George Berkeley. I think you will find it interesting.
Been there, done that-I majored in philosophy and continue to keep up with the field, so I have quite likely forgotten more about this kind of material than you will ever learn. Not because I'm particularly smart, just an obsessed geek.
Look, I don't have anything against atheists.
I'm not buying that for a second, kiddo. You wouldn't say that a certain class of persons needs to keep their thoughts to themselves if you didn't have a hatred issue. Looks like you are doing a lot of projection.
I hate when atheists claim to know the absolute truth.
Please cite an atheist in his or her own words claiming to know the absolute truth, or admit that your head is stuck up your arse and you have no idea what you are talking about.
I see science as the "how" and religion as the "why".
Yes, you've been taught to parrot the rhetoric quite well, that is obvious. I'm very familiar with this talking point.
Here is my standard response to that canard:
Give me one legitimate, non-question begging
why question that any religion has answered to the satisfaction of believers and non-believers alike, that is even remotely comparable to the sorts of
how questions science answers time and time and time again, to everyone's satisfaction. Good luck with that!
All I ask for is coexistance. And I think many people on both sides (atheists and believers) are not willing to negotiate it.
I don't negotiate with people who tell me I need to keep my mouth shut. I fight with them, because such suggestions are tantamount to war in my mind.
And you have to admit that atheism (not agnosticism) is becoming just as extreme and paradoxically faith based as some religions.
I admit no such thing. In your mind, any atheist who speaks up is "extreme", and if you use the "faith" word in reference to us, you just prove you don't have a clue about what the word means.
That's just how you people operate. I'm used to it.
reply
share