Quote (ofthevoid @ 3 Aug 2015 19:15)
I see you're not familiar with terminology. Just because some people don't care much about religion anymore or say they don't know, doesn't automatically make them atheists.
Atheists are the loudest and constantly have the need to push their ideology on others. For example you, remember the days you used to make a daily hate Christianity thread?
Also another point that no atheist ever wants to answer what is it that so offends you about Christianity specifically, in comparison to other religions?
You and other atheists solely feel the need go after Christianity while giving absolutely zero attention to Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism?
Western atheists deal with Christianity on the reg. I'd love to speak to hindus, buddhists and muslims on these boards... but where are they? What's the point in me talking about other religions when there is nobody there to defend them? Pretty much everyone on these boards agrees those religions are bollocks. It's just Christianity there seems to be some disagreement about.
What personally offends me about Christianity more than other religions is that it affects me more. Hinduism and buddhism don't affect me at all and Islam has very minimal effects on me. But I don't think it's any more wrong or ridiculous and I would meet anyone who thinks otherwise with equal resistance.
As for the rest of your post... lol. If you have no religion, if you don't believe god exists, you're an atheist. If you don't know - you're an atheist. If you 'believe in something' then you're either a deist or an atheist who hasn't really thought about it much. You can't redefine words just because I demolished your argument that 'great minds throughout history have tried to discredit christianity and had no effect' by referencing the enlightenment.
The 'daily hate threads' thing is just something you made up. I've never made 'daily hate threads'. I've never made daily threads. Also threads that critique or ask questions or point out flaws in an ideology or it's effects are not 'hate threads'. I understand criticism is something you find difficult to deal with... especially when it's a criticism you have trouble defending against with your limited vocabulary and cognitive acuity... but just because you feel offended by being asked difficult questions or having flaws pointed out in your ideology or culture that doesn't mean the accusations levied against it are 'hate speech'.
But who cares right? Because if belief in the particular version of the Christian god that you believe in is rationally justifiable it should be pretty simple to make that case and then dismiss these 'hate threads'. The reason it makes you so uncomfortable is that you know it isn't a rationally justifiable belief and you don't like to be reminded of that. Well... tough shit. This is PaRD - where we discuss religion and you will meet many people who have opposing beliefs to you. If you can't handle that, if you feel offended and hated on just because someone doesn't agree with your every word then maybe you better shift your arse over to the fellowship where you can have your beliefs reinforced, validated and never questioned or challenged.
This post was edited by Scaly on Aug 3 2015 02:06pm