Altfish
Veteran Member
Those are not dogmatic, prejudiced or intolerant. - they are based on FACTS or in religions, case a lack of them.It's totally fine... I didn't make the claim without having examples in mind.
Examples:
Claiming belief in God is the same as believing in a Cosmic Superman, Leprechauns, sky-fairies, Thor.
Claiming belief in the creation story in Genesis is the same as believing in God-Magic.
I can provide 4 examples. In at least 2 of them, the poster was teasing and making fun of the belief in God.
In the one of the other examples, it's a boarder-line case of teasing, but it was grossly misrepresenting other people's religious beliefs.
In the last example, I think the poster was trying to help, but was in actuality proselytizing Atheism.
If you want quotes, PM me.
Why is a belief in fairies or Father Christmas any more daft than a belief in a god?
I realise that it may offend you but to atheists it is just incredulous that you can accept one yet not the other.
Do you believe in Thor or Woden? No, neither do I, they are gods I dismiss as fake, I just go one god further than you and religious people do.