17 Sep '13 01:39>3 edits
But why do atheists spend so much time in a spirituality forum? I don't have anything against atheists whatsoever, in fact I have more in common with some than I do with most theists.
I've heard several arguments as to why they do, the most common I remember as being that many of them want to more or less, defend the freethinking world from the hateful Christians and chowder-headed religionists. Right. From the comfy confines of your armchair. It's interesting.
In my time here I've also noted that there is rarely shown any human interest in theism nor especially of the individuals who frequent is forum or their reasons for becoming theists. There is no genuine enquiry of the human condition in regard to the reason to believe, the causality.
I don't see anyone here saving the world from the theist or indeed saving the theist from themselves. I don't really see anything other than a mocking smugness often tinged with more than a hint of bitterness.
This forum is by no measure a 'litmus test' for the validity of any spiritual experience, religion or ideology. At best it is an online poor man's Speakers Corner and at worst it the playground we all grew up in. So if you are a confirmed atheist, why bother. It is interesting.
I've heard several arguments as to why they do, the most common I remember as being that many of them want to more or less, defend the freethinking world from the hateful Christians and chowder-headed religionists. Right. From the comfy confines of your armchair. It's interesting.
In my time here I've also noted that there is rarely shown any human interest in theism nor especially of the individuals who frequent is forum or their reasons for becoming theists. There is no genuine enquiry of the human condition in regard to the reason to believe, the causality.
I don't see anyone here saving the world from the theist or indeed saving the theist from themselves. I don't really see anything other than a mocking smugness often tinged with more than a hint of bitterness.
This forum is by no measure a 'litmus test' for the validity of any spiritual experience, religion or ideology. At best it is an online poor man's Speakers Corner and at worst it the playground we all grew up in. So if you are a confirmed atheist, why bother. It is interesting.