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Originally Posted by John Wilkes Booth
i disagree my friend
for the simple reason that you will never convince the vast bulk of religious people to be rational
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Probably true, but that doesn't mean it's not worth having the conversation, if only to place your views of the world under the scrutiny of others.
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and even most atheists are irrational and only parrot talking points fed to them by the intelligentsia
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That's probably true to an extent, but at least we're right
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added to the fact that religious people have a significant emotional investment in their religion, to the extent that it has shaped our practices, rituals, sense of art and beauty etc and they simply aren't going to be moved from that rock
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No, but that doesn't mean that religion ought to be off limits. Also, it appears that at least in the west, rates of religiosity are going down, and irreligiosiry going up. So, clearly, having the debate has some effect.
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so all you'll do by being a militant atheist is create yet another unnecessary schism in the human race, by stirring up resentment from the other side
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The problem is that people shouldn't hate each other over a disagreement. The moment that people get mad about each other views instead of trying to refute them is the moment that discourse goes down the toilet.
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like really who is helped by taking a nativity scene down? i'm an atheist, i live in the south, you think i give a **** that the townhall has a nativity scene? give me a break. what motivates people to put up that nativity scene is honoring a tradition and celebrating a holiday. what motivates the atheist alliance from freedom foundation or whateverthe**** to try to take it down is "HEY! THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. I'M HERE TOO. SOMEBODY NOTICE ME."
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I agree. I don't see anything wrong with nativity scenes, and I think it's a waste of time to oppose them, but that doesn't mean that there aren't problems worth perusing. For instance, opposition to gay marriage, religiously-motivated discrimination, or the opposition to teaching actual science in the science classroom.
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nah sit down and shut up you ratchet looking atheist bitch
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Ah, yes, John Wilkes Booth is back.