SirYeen
New Member
Hello there,
I've been thinking lately and I wonder, should we oppose atheists who describe religious people as idiots. Now I am not talking about nephilimfree, I am talking about general vague statements that anybody who is religious is idiotic. I realize I sometimes do this too and I think I shouldn't.
I'm afraid that by dehumanizing them, by attacking their intelligence we are missing an important point. They *are* humans, they are *not* stupid. In every other aspect of their life they may very well flourish. I've been booking up on evolution theory lately (now reading the greatest show on earth, it's also related to some of my courses at uni) and I think this is exactly the behavior we should expect. I feel like they just have one more obvious delusion than we do.
Now to get things straight, I'm not trying to share this as an epiphany. I'm not saying we shouldn't criticize religion on the contrary. I know some of you may experience this as captain obvious or straw-man or both. However I thought I'd post the general thought anyway because I might be able to link your ideas and expand this further.
I've been thinking lately and I wonder, should we oppose atheists who describe religious people as idiots. Now I am not talking about nephilimfree, I am talking about general vague statements that anybody who is religious is idiotic. I realize I sometimes do this too and I think I shouldn't.
I'm afraid that by dehumanizing them, by attacking their intelligence we are missing an important point. They *are* humans, they are *not* stupid. In every other aspect of their life they may very well flourish. I've been booking up on evolution theory lately (now reading the greatest show on earth, it's also related to some of my courses at uni) and I think this is exactly the behavior we should expect. I feel like they just have one more obvious delusion than we do.
Now to get things straight, I'm not trying to share this as an epiphany. I'm not saying we shouldn't criticize religion on the contrary. I know some of you may experience this as captain obvious or straw-man or both. However I thought I'd post the general thought anyway because I might be able to link your ideas and expand this further.