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AtheistCrusader

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42. There were, up until recently, two camps.

Tue Jan 2, 2018, 11:21 AM

Jan 2018

Sorry yours seems to have thinned a bit.

I was a bit more pleasant, going back a couple years in my posts. It seems some people in some camp may have burned out my pleasantries.

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Why are discussions about religious beliefs always so adversarial? [View all] MineralMan Dec 2017 OP

They are not adversarial and youre going to hell for even thinking that! unblock Dec 2017 #1

Yah...hell...nah... MineralMan Dec 2017 #3

Because they are so wrong Achilleaze Dec 2017 #2

LOL! MineralMan Dec 2017 #4

Monotheism is a big part of the problem Pope George Ringo II Dec 2017 #5

I don't trust Alexa one bit. MineralMan Dec 2017 #6

Hey Siri, tell Google to ask Alexa to turn up the Thermosat. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #41

Does that even work? MineralMan Jan 2018 #44

Everyone knows the coffee maker is god. hunter Dec 2017 #10

Instead of coffee, I'll take tea my dear Pope George Ringo II Dec 2017 #18

Ohhh, that's the best description of religion PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #11

Because some from both camps prefer name calling to dialogue. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #7

Let me check with the "choir" on that... MineralMan Dec 2017 #8

Alto-gether now. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #9

Pathetic deflection. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #43

Oh by all means demonstrate where the majority of atheists on DU engage in discussion more than ins tymorial Jan 2018 #53

The back and forth in this folder is ongoing and has been for some time. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #60

If you think it's 'bad' for religion in here, go have a gander at General Discussion. We're nice. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #63

and there it is, another example of the "atheists badz" trope. Voltaire2 Dec 2017 #14

Wrong, again. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #15

Some or all is not the question marylandblue Dec 2017 #16

And that is a very good question. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #17

Still, that avoids the issues marylandblue Dec 2017 #19

Why have European countries fought fir hundreds of years? guillaumeb Dec 2017 #20

Power and money are obvious motivators marylandblue Dec 2017 #24

Why are people so easy to manipulate? guillaumeb Dec 2017 #25

Why do you make it into a question I didn't ask? marylandblue Dec 2017 #28

Your ending: guillaumeb Dec 2017 #29

OVER THAT ONE (i.e. religion?) It was clear what I was referring to marylandblue Dec 2017 #31

Every belief system is used as a tool to manipulate. guillaumeb Dec 2017 #32

Nobody ever went to war over whether cats are better than dogs marylandblue Dec 2017 #33

No, but millions went to war to defend their countries. guillaumeb Jan 2018 #34

Point is, not EVERY belief system can be used for manipulation marylandblue Jan 2018 #35

Feel free to name one that cannot. guillaumeb Jan 2018 #36

You made it clear you thought the problem was the atheists Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2018 #37

No, you misframed, or misunderstood. guillaumeb Jan 2018 #38

Nobody misframed or misunderstood. trotsky Jan 2018 #40

"And my own view is that, speaking strictly of DU, one camp prefers invective to dialogue." Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2018 #45

Read the many responses. guillaumeb Jan 2018 #46

OK, so your argument that you AREN'T saying atheist are bad guys Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2018 #47

So atheists can define theism, as is evident from many posts here, guillaumeb Jan 2018 #48

Not theists Lordquinton Jan 2018 #49

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! guillaumeb Jan 2018 #62

You just make it up as you go along Lordquinton Jan 2018 #64

Nice diversion from the point about you using the atheists bad trope. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2018 #50

Additionally, the point I am making is that you define it poorly, Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2018 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author PragmaticDem Dec 2017 #27

LOLOLOL trotsky Jan 2018 #39

There were, up until recently, two camps. AtheistCrusader Jan 2018 #42

Basically because most people think in their heart of hearts that their PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2017 #12

Because you are talking about deeply held views. PragmaticDem Dec 2017 #13

Some religions teach outright that everyone who worships a different god Mariana Dec 2017 #21

There was a hubbub a few years ago when Ratzinger said he thought his religion was the best. Pope George Ringo II Dec 2017 #22

It's just foolish to get upset about that. Mariana Dec 2017 #23

IMO religions are often authoritative and fraught with legends and seldom introspective at least RKP5637 Dec 2017 #26

Because it's easy to shoot holes in any religious belief. rickford66 Dec 2017 #30

For the same reasons discussions about white or male privilege are likewise adversarial. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2018 #52

Intolerance of religions among the so-called religious. democratisphere Jan 2018 #54

Said no Commandment ever. MineralMan Jan 2018 #55

That was the eleventh commandment that was never published. democratisphere Jan 2018 #56

... Mariana Jan 2018 #65

Like I was saying. democratisphere Jan 2018 #66

My theory on this very question is that WhiteTara Jan 2018 #57

That theory has spread far and wide. MineralMan Jan 2018 #58

Yes. I agree and it is so sad because WhiteTara Jan 2018 #59

I assume you're talking about Hel. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2018 #61