Gomeza
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A few years back I wrote the man a letter saying in no uncertain terms that it was fine for him to encourage atheists to out themselves from his position in life and from the security of his social status but there are still many places in the world where this is simply dumb and unsafe advice. I did not receive a reply.
Then I read his comments from one of his latest important speaking engagements, the so called Reason Rally, where he encourages the mocking of believers. Creating controversy through ill will is not the answer, nor was leaving the publication of, and the commentary on your words almost entirely in the hands of Christian online media particularly bright. People living in small individual cloisters amongst a believing majority outnumbering them almost 20 to 1 need to be a little more diplomatic in making their points. How can a man with so many academic credentials be so lacking in common sense?
Utilizing an unwavering passive resistance coupled with informed civil discourse is the only safe path for most none believers. Otherwise we are inviting social ostracism, or at the very least making our own lives more difficult. Current religious trends illustrate for us that attitudes are ever so slowly changing but we must accept that patience can be our only mindset whilst observing glacial speeds . . . . patience grasshoppa.
Then I read his comments from one of his latest important speaking engagements, the so called Reason Rally, where he encourages the mocking of believers. Creating controversy through ill will is not the answer, nor was leaving the publication of, and the commentary on your words almost entirely in the hands of Christian online media particularly bright. People living in small individual cloisters amongst a believing majority outnumbering them almost 20 to 1 need to be a little more diplomatic in making their points. How can a man with so many academic credentials be so lacking in common sense?
Utilizing an unwavering passive resistance coupled with informed civil discourse is the only safe path for most none believers. Otherwise we are inviting social ostracism, or at the very least making our own lives more difficult. Current religious trends illustrate for us that attitudes are ever so slowly changing but we must accept that patience can be our only mindset whilst observing glacial speeds . . . . patience grasshoppa.