john9blue wrote:because forcing someone who is so sure of how the world works to express doubt in their worldview seems to be an act of ideological aggression
lol, when did you become an atheist john? That's almost a direct quote from our secret "Things to bleat at Christians when we are frustrated" handbook.
john9blue wrote:maybe i should clear up some misconceptions that you seem to have about what i think.
- being a liberal has nothing to do with anything. i think church and state should be totally separate. there ARE patterns in modern liberal thought that lead to militant atheism, though.
- i'm not arguing from a christian point of view. when have i EVER used the bible or any other religious doctrine to support my opinions?
- i think the god hypothesis is a scientific question and that we can "know" about it.
- i criticize atheists more than theists because atheists in general are more intolerant, jump to more conclusions, have less evidence for their beliefs, and support the elimination of an ideology that i believe is beneficial for society. i rarely criticize theists because they are (usually) more tolerant, rarely resort to petty insults, and acknowledge that their belief is ACTUALLY A BELIEF and not the "default position". it's that simple.
Your first two points relate to parts of my post wherein I was being facetious. They are irrelevant. Your third point is gobbledygook (to quote a friend of a friend, "I don't want to get involved in that tomfoolery"), and your fourth point is wishful thinking. It's fair to say there are more tolerant Christians within the context of there being a shit-ton of Christians. Let's be fair, the proportion of asshole atheists to wimpy atheists is probably the same as the proportion of asshole Christians to wimpy Christians.
