Re: OT; Evangelical Atheist

On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:56:25 -0700, "Howard Beale" <a1695@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Apr 25 2007 10:25 PM, Peg Smith wrote:

"Howard Beale" <a1695@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Why do so many atheists feel the need to preach their religion?

I'm always amazed at how 'in your face' they feel it's necessary to get
and to be denigrating and insulting while they are at it.

Just how much more 'in your face' can we be than the government
putting "In God We Trust" on our coins? How much more 'in your face'
can we be than a President who sends boys to die in the name of his
god? How much more 'in your face' can we be than the Jehovah's
Witnesses who persist in waking us up early and won't fucking leave
until we get rude?

Our first fight! It feels so special. You know what they say: 'It's so
much better after you make up'. I can't wait, it's been so long.

Anyway, sure the religious are 'in your face' also but 2 wrongs don't make
a right, as they say. I'm especially offended by the Atheists always
calling the 'Holy Books' a 'bunch of fairy tales' and calling those who
want to believe in God idiots. Why be insulting? It's not necessary for
making an argument, rather it detracts from it. That's what bothers me
about the Atheists. They get so damned worked up.

The "Holy Books" are partly a bunch of fairy tales. That doesn't mean that all
or even most people who believe in them are idiots. There's really no
nice way to say something is essentially bull***. Candy coating it is
almost more insulting. It's patronizing.

In addition to fairy tales, there's some rather dull geneaology, some
rather inspid cosmogony, some rather good pagan poetry (try the Song of
Solomon on for size), some genuine wisdom, and lots of codswallop.
Also, the Book of Revelation is one of the best things ever written by
anyone. But the only people who take it literally are dangerous lunatics.

btw: I am on the Jehova's Witness' circuit. They visit every month or 2
because I treat them kindly. I know that it's part of their religion to
spread the word, it is a duty for them and I don't mind making myself
available for a few minutes so they can fulfill their obligation every now
and then w/ somebody who won't slam the door in their face. They are
clean, neat and polite. We could use plenty more people like them
around here. Plus, I like reading The Watch Tower.

You might be amazed to hear that I've never been rude to a Jehovah's
Witness, Mormon, or other door to door proselytizer. Not that I've never
tried to plant a seed or two, but turnabout is fair play. Aside from the
inherent obnoxiousness of hawking your religion door to door like a
Fuller Brush salesman, the people actually sent out to do this kind of
thing are unfailingly polite. No point in being rude to them just for the
hell of it.
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