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In reply to the discussion: 'Announcing "I'm offended" is basically telling the world that you can't control your emotions' [View all]Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,477 posts)36. Personally, I have no reaction, either positive or negative, to atheism per se
I do object to those atheists who make statments such as "raising children to be believers is child abuse" or "believers are ipso facto idiots". I have, admittedly not in this forum, defended atheists against the accusation that they have no ethical standards.
Atheism is a lack in believe in a god or gods.
No, that's agnosticism. Atheism goes farther than that, and states positively that there is no god or gods.
Religion on the other hand is a belief in the supernatural or in more blunt terms, superstition at its worse.
I think I know why some believers don't like your declaration of atheism. It's your saying things such as religion is "superstition at its worst". Any believer would find that objectionable. And that is exactly the sort of thing I was talking about: When you say that, you are acting like an arsehole and being offensive. Now, to say "Announcing 'I'm offended' is basically telling the world that you can't control your emotions" is saying that you can offend people, and if they find you offensive, then they are at fault, not you.
I don't known what "deign" means (your second paragraph, last sentence) other than your lack of coherence.
From The on-line Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
deign, transitive verb: to condescend to give or offer
In other words, would you condescend to ADDRESS MY POINT, which you have not done, even though you falsely claim that you have.
Actually, I suspect that you have not answered because you know that I'm right, and the sole fault involved in your acting as an arsehole is entirely on you, not on the people you have offended. You just have neither the grace, the balls nor the honesty to admit it.
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'Announcing "I'm offended" is basically telling the world that you can't control your emotions' [View all]
cleanhippie
Sep 2012
OP
Personally, I have no reaction, either positive or negative, to atheism per se
Fortinbras Armstrong
Sep 2012
#36