Michelle,
As I think you know I am an atheist. I comment on, pop and sometimes clip atheist clips. I don't do it to

launching mindless and futile verbal assaults

or

to shore up and bolster their own beliefs

I do it because I think reason is important. because many people are harmed through superstition and religious practice. I do not want to hurt or upset anyone with a spiritual life that is a little fragile - I'm sorry if I do, but doing what The Good Book says because it says it is dangerous.

Atheists have a point of view, and in the modern world it is a view worth considering.

Did you see

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Michelle,
As I think you know I am an atheist. I comment on, pop and sometimes clip atheist clips. I don't do it to

launching mindless and futile verbal assaults

or

to shore up and bolster their own beliefs

I do it because I think reason is important. because many people are harmed through superstition and religious practice. I do not want to hurt or upset anyone with a spiritual life that is a little fragile - I'm sorry if I do, but doing what The Good Book says because it says it is dangerous.

Atheists have a point of view, and in the modern world it is a view worth considering.

Did you see

One person's answer to the old question, if you don't believe in a god why does it matter to you what others believe?

John, I have no issue with anyone who articulates their disagreements without having to resort to low-level insults. This article is strewn with belittling comments and the paragraph headings are insulting to say the least.

But, be that as it may, I'm pointing out that if atheists think they can 'win friends and influence people' simply by insulting them they are sorely mistaken.

No, John, my faith is not fragile (bit of tit for tat there, hey?) I seldom comment on atheists' clips because I seldom read them, and the primary reason for that is that they are all so predictable in their gutter sniping. I have yet to read a rational critic of Christianity who does not rely heavily on i...

John, I have no issue with anyone who articulates their disagreements without having to resort to low-level insults. This article is strewn with belittling comments and the paragraph headings are insulting to say the least.

But, be that as it may, I'm pointing out that if atheists think they can 'win friends and influence people' simply by insulting them they are sorely mistaken.

No, John, my faith is not fragile (bit of tit for tat there, hey?) I seldom comment on atheists' clips because I seldom read them, and the primary reason for that is that they are all so predictable in their gutter sniping. I have yet to read a rational critic of Christianity who does not rely heavily on invective and emotion.

Personally, the way I see it, there's no difference between a rabid fundamentalist and a rabid atheist. What they have in common is hatred and intolerance.

I will read that article now and if you can point me in the direction of a rational, sane, logical and unemotional atheist I would be interested to read what they have to say.

There was a time in my life I would have called myself an atheist, but didn't like the spiritual void I felt. I grew up Catholic, and while I got fed up at a very early age with its demands for mindless obedience to unbending authority, I actually enjoyed the rituals. Eventually, I joined a NeoPagan group and got back the ritual I enjoyed without dogma. Spiritually, however, I feel I have more in common with atheists than with Abrahamics.

Some Pagans can be annoyingly obtuse, but that's just an opinion I have because there are a number of things that are common to Paganism that I don't go along with, like Tarot and astrology, but most have a prety firm grip on reality and a surprising nu...

There was a time in my life I would have called myself an atheist, but didn't like the spiritual void I felt. I grew up Catholic, and while I got fed up at a very early age with its demands for mindless obedience to unbending authority, I actually enjoyed the rituals. Eventually, I joined a NeoPagan group and got back the ritual I enjoyed without dogma. Spiritually, however, I feel I have more in common with atheists than with Abrahamics.

Some Pagans can be annoyingly obtuse, but that's just an opinion I have because there are a number of things that are common to Paganism that I don't go along with, like Tarot and astrology, but most have a prety firm grip on reality and a surprising number of them are in technical professions. The most important thing, however, is that, as a group, Pagans are not afraid to question their own beliefs and convictions.