I'm saying that, for the most part, it's not worth the effort of engaging; they won't be convinced to change their minds, so you'll just be wasting your own precious time arguing against a brick wall. — Pfhorrest
If some people do want to spend the time to give a quick rebuttal for the sake of onlookers, then that is valuable — Pfhorrest
I'm saying that threads like this complaining about the existence of shallow unreasoning religious people are little better. — Pfhorrest
You charged the original poster with, "If you get upset by them I think it says more about you and your agenda than theirs." — JerseyFlight
To test the accuracy of this statement I asked you several questions, none of which you answered. — JerseyFlight
What you fail to see is that your bias (and that's what it is) is bent uncritically in favor of religion. — JerseyFlight
If this was not the case then why not say this position is equally true of Nazis? It's because your cultural stance on Nazis is entirely negative, while you live too far apart from (cannot comprehend) the historical atrocities of religion. — JerseyFlight
Maybe we can drive the point home more. Suppose some fanatics from Isis wanted to come on here and start talking about Allah, would you still claim, "If you get upset by them I think it says more about you and your agenda than theirs." ? — JerseyFlight
I don't think so. Why? Because you live in a time when you can see the dogmatic violence of Isis, understanding the dangers of religion requires more than your immediate impression. Suppose someone from Isis came on here long before they starting pillaging and mass murdering, what an ignorant fool you would look like right now. — JerseyFlight
Kind of circular then: there is no proof of the existence of an unbeliever's g/G - well, of course, but vacuous. I think ↪TheMadFool
was saying something more (yet unspecified) than this. — 180 Proof
I am more worried about people like you and others that want to silence the ideas of other people just because the don't like them. — Sir2u
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