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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
And by making every Christian value into law and expecting everyone to abide to you is not a display of arrogance and superiority?
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Originally Posted by rkzenrage
Nawwww... and disowning your kids or telling them they are going to burn in hell/not be a good person if they don't BELIEVE isn't either.
Let's not be SILLY!
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In fact, I'm not being silly.
You would imply with your posts that I said Christians do not display arrogance or superiority, when it is clear that I said nothing of the sort. My focus was clearly on the actions, options, and opportunities of atheists.
My point is this. rkzenrage, you defended this Project Blasphemy as a necessary community building and support exercise. However, the means are directly confrontational and offensive.
My question was, why not support a community building exercise that involves education of the public? Use the effort to cast atheists as thoughtful, considerate, and socially responsible equals instead of provocative ne'er-do-wells who give away prizes for blaspheming that which the majority hold so dear.
I suggest that many atheists do not wish to be treated as equal, because such treatment would remove their license to feel superior over others.
PS: I'm not going to defend words that someone else put in my mouth.
--Joe