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Does your belief system require you to be so disparaging to people who believe differently? If you don't want to pay any attention to the claims of Christianit

Does your belief system require you to be so disparaging to people who believe differently? If you don't want to pay any attention to the claims of Christianity, then by all means don't.

darksaints 7y ago
No, but I'm pretty happy with seeking its demise. Christianity, along with the rest of the abrahamic religions, are a corrupting plague on our planet and society. That which is good about it is not unique to it, and that which is unique to it is not good. We are stagnant in our progress as humans to the degree that we still believe in it.
- tomohawk 7y ago
  So, intolerance is the way forward?
  - WillDaSilva 7y ago
    Intolerance of bad ideas, not intolerance of those who hold them.
  - catalogia 7y ago
    It's not intolerant to state that you do not believe in somebody else's religion. Nothing above is even "disparaging", even that fairy tale remark. It's not disparaging to state that, without good evidence, you believe fantastic stories from thousands of years ago to be fairy tails.
    - guidance 7y ago
      > 'It's not intolerant to state that you do not believe in somebody else's religion.' Stating that you are, quote, "seeking its demise", is the very definition of intolerance. > 'Nothing above is even "disparaging", even that fairy tale remark. It's not disparaging to state that, without good evidence, you believe fantastic stories from thousands of years ago to be fairy tails.' This is the very definition of disparagement. If I were to refer to your atheistic beliefs as 'the ignorance of children, raised by a wicked society that is under the influence of psychopathic demons', would you view that as disparaging? Of course you would. The difference between that way of viewing things and your way of viewing things is simply a matter of perspective. The difference is, one viewpoint is based on knowledge, whereas the other is based in ignorance. Source: I used to be an atheist also. As a teenager. In the Bible Belt.
      - catalogia 7y ago
        > Stating that you are, quote, "seeking its demise", is the very definition of intolerance. Evangelizing atheism is no more intolerant than evangelizing your religion. Personally I have no particular interest in doing either, but if you get bent out of shape over somebody doing it, that's on you. If you don't like somebody disagreeing with your beliefs then move to a theocracy where such things are forbidden. The "intolerance" you describe is in fact an expression of the bedrock of liberal society.
        guidance 7y ago
        > 'Evangelizing atheism is no more intolerant than evangelizing your religion.' Once again: calling for the destruction of something is exactly the same as intolerance of that thing. > 'liberal' This word doesn't mean what you think it means. You don't get to redefine the English language to suit your own personal whims.

Does your belief system require you to be so disparaging to people who believe differently? If you don't want to pay any attention to the claims of Christianity, then by all means don't.

darksaints 7y ago

No, but I'm pretty happy with seeking its demise. Christianity, along with the rest of the abrahamic religions, are a corrupting plague on our planet and society. That which is good about it is not unique to it, and that which is unique to it is not good. We are stagnant in our progress as humans to the degree that we still believe in it.

tomohawk 7y ago
So, intolerance is the way forward?
- WillDaSilva 7y ago
  Intolerance of bad ideas, not intolerance of those who hold them.
- catalogia 7y ago
  It's not intolerant to state that you do not believe in somebody else's religion. Nothing above is even "disparaging", even that fairy tale remark. It's not disparaging to state that, without good evidence, you believe fantastic stories from thousands of years ago to be fairy tails.
  - guidance 7y ago
    > 'It's not intolerant to state that you do not believe in somebody else's religion.' Stating that you are, quote, "seeking its demise", is the very definition of intolerance. > 'Nothing above is even "disparaging", even that fairy tale remark. It's not disparaging to state that, without good evidence, you believe fantastic stories from thousands of years ago to be fairy tails.' This is the very definition of disparagement. If I were to refer to your atheistic beliefs as 'the ignorance of children, raised by a wicked society that is under the influence of psychopathic demons', would you view that as disparaging? Of course you would. The difference between that way of viewing things and your way of viewing things is simply a matter of perspective. The difference is, one viewpoint is based on knowledge, whereas the other is based in ignorance. Source: I used to be an atheist also. As a teenager. In the Bible Belt.
    - catalogia 7y ago
      > Stating that you are, quote, "seeking its demise", is the very definition of intolerance. Evangelizing atheism is no more intolerant than evangelizing your religion. Personally I have no particular interest in doing either, but if you get bent out of shape over somebody doing it, that's on you. If you don't like somebody disagreeing with your beliefs then move to a theocracy where such things are forbidden. The "intolerance" you describe is in fact an expression of the bedrock of liberal society.
      - guidance 7y ago
        > 'Evangelizing atheism is no more intolerant than evangelizing your religion.' Once again: calling for the destruction of something is exactly the same as intolerance of that thing. > 'liberal' This word doesn't mean what you think it means. You don't get to redefine the English language to suit your own personal whims.