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In reply to the discussion: How to Be an Atheist Without Being a Dick About It [View all]skepticscott
(13,029 posts)33. Thanks for posting that
Though I doubt that you'll get a Good Read! Award from any of those here who presume to hand them out, or that you'll get any acknowledgement of what a dickish thing it is to keep posting the same vacuous, shit-stirring articles over and over and over. None of the people here who lavish fawning, uncritical praise on the authors of pieces like the OP ever, EVER, respond in any substantial way to this kind of dissection. They just turn off their brains and pretend it doesn't exist.
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It's pretty clear that you especially hate that part of several religions' tenets that
kestrel91316
Jul 2013
#52
"Atheism—especially in its incarnation as a movement—can so easily transform into smug hostility and
rug
Jul 2013
#15
The truth is a lot of people can be rather mean and holyier than thou about their beliefs.
hrmjustin
Jul 2013
#31
in my personal experience, it isn't the atheists who are the dicks, but the believers. atheists
niyad
Jul 2013
#16
please note that I specifically said, IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. I don't give a toot about
niyad
Jul 2013
#28
I think the general anonimity of the internet allows all sorts of people to
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#162
I've met plenty of atheists who are dicks right here on DU. You must not be paying attention.
kestrel91316
Jul 2013
#53
as I said, in my personal experience. I don't read every thread or every forum on DU
niyad
Jul 2013
#67
That's a fine piece. The key is that the author was once a fundamentalist Christian,
dimbear
Jul 2013
#32
One would almost think that you were more interested in being a dick yourself
AlbertCat
Jul 2013
#74
It's up to the person whether or not they think someone is being a dick to them.
EvilAL
Jul 2013
#57
As I said, only what I've heard or read from a new Northern Irelanders
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2013
#86
There should be an article titled "How to be a Christian without being a dick about it."
Apophis
Jul 2013
#51
To be honest, Christians can't follow the precepts of the Bible, they are too contradictory...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#65
Your theology is as misinformed as what you think you have gleaned from legal circles.
rug
Jul 2013
#165
And they think they're superior to you--they come across like "I'm perfect, and you're an idiot."
raccoon
Jul 2013
#129
I've been treated very well by unbelievers, and very badly by believers BUT
carolinayellowdog
Jul 2013
#83
Where's the thread for "How to Be an Evangelical Without Being a Dick About It"
LonePirate
Jul 2013
#101
"It's also great to just let people be who they are without judging or mocking them."
defacto7
Jul 2013
#113
If I have to be respectful of internet memes and sterotypical descriptions of religion in place of
rug
Jul 2013
#147
Zero gap between those parents and the tenets of their particular religion.
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2013
#153