I think that your calling out of this arrogant attitude is correct. With your permission I will post the following:
Posted on 02/11/2010 7:34:10 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Well Atheism is not a lack of belief..
You have to believe there is no God to be an Atheist...
Most people who think they are Atheists, are at best just Agnostics...
Poppycock.
Ok so where are the truths?
Very good summary. Couldn’t agree more.
Atheists claim not to believe in God, but what they actually deny is the interconnectedness of all things. Religious people, in believing in God, believe in the interconnectedness of all things through God (God being infinite, and thus disconnected from nothing).
So when Atheists claim that they are “rational” or “reasonable,” inevitably they mean these terms as applied to the “reality” of fundamental isolation - so, to someone who is completely isolated, “community” becomes the overwhelming goal. Thus they see compelled collectivism as the ultimate solution - whether in the form of socialism, communism, progressivism, totalitarianism, or any other mandatory group organization.
This is why liberals not only disagree with, but are so frightened by conservatives - conservatives fight for individual freedom, which liberals see as forcing them to be alone in an isolated universe. It terrifies them, so they fight with the fury of the damned against it, because that’s exactly how they feel.
Does Mr. Harris have a theory why this is so (other than mindless prejudice)? Or does he take it to be simply implied in his manifesto?
What a twit. I guess this nearly 50 year-old trust fund graduate student has found a way to give meaning to his life.
Except in the case of conservative atheists.
Being an atheist is a respectable position. Being an atheist activist is the sign of a deep mental illness.
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Psssst...[wispering] I hear they don’t believe in God.
I think that your calling out of this arrogant attitude is correct. With your permission I will post the following:
Do not use potty language - or references to potty language - on the Religion Forum.
There is nothing new here. Atheism is based upon faith as much as any other religion. Atheism is a religion. As the writer indirectly admits, Atheism has lots of questions but few answers. Ignorance is the new intelligence. How does an Atheist know that we are hardwired to act in a moral way? Who or what hardwired us? Why be moral? What does it mean to be moral? Who determines who or what is moral? How do you know that man is more moral today and in previous generations? Who decides that? Why is morality even important? Morality does not exist in nature. If man is nothing more than a naked ape, why do we even care about morality? The idea that Atheists enjoy life more than a Theists is absurd. Only an Atheist could believe that. Atheism is dogmatic. It is as dogmatic as Theism. Atheism makes the dogmatic statement that God does not exist. It also believes that Atheists are somehow more intelligent and enlightened than the other 96% of the world. The reality is that everyone worships a god. The Atheist simply worships himself.
Good writing. And, I agree.
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