Religion
In reply to the discussion: Westboro Baptist Church The Butt Of Hilarious Thanksgiving Prank [View all]bvf
(6,604 posts)"You are not better because you don't believe in a six foot invisible rabbit."
Can I quote you on this?
"It could be that refusing to acknowledge the good things people do because of their beliefs is the real demonstration of lack of respect for them as humans. It is nothing but arrogant to take the position that you are somehow superior because you do things for one reason and they do it for another."
What's so arrogant about belief in human potential?
And where for Harvey's sake did I ever take the position I'm somehow superior?
"When you have evidence that their god or gods are imaginary, let me know. Lack of evidence is not evidence, something I think you know."
I think we've already been to the unicorn argument.
"Your mocking use of terms like "six-foot invisible rabbit" and saying that people are not in control of their own lives makes it crystal clear that your need to feel superior is far more important than actually taking people for who they are and giving them credit for their good deeds, no matter what the motivation. The pretzel that you have to twist yourself into in order to maintain that feeling of superiority would be funny if it were not sad."
So simply replace "six-foot invisible rabbit" with "god" in my post. You won't see the slightest bit of difference in meaning. Go ahead, try it! That is, if you can drag yourself away from the Kreskin schtick long enough to attend to more pressing matters, like content.