12 Oct '05 10:35>
Originally posted by howardgee in the "Tolerance" thread:
Prejudice = "an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge."
Atheists are not prejudiced against the religious.
Our derision of religious beliefs is well considered and justified by evidence (fossils, etc) and lack of evidence (God, Devil, Heaven, Souls, etc).
Theists are inevitably prejudiced, because most of their opinions are formed from an uncritical acceptance of a book of baloney.
The belief that homosexuality is intrinsically wrong because the bible says God said it is, is one example of such prejudice.
While I'd admit the absence of empirical proof for God, here we have Howardgee claiming evidence for the absence of God from fossils (etc).
C'mon Howard, no fossil of God = no God? Or did I get something wrong here? What did you mean? You didn't mean TOE did you? Or will the rest of your "proof" materialise from the vague "etc" you cited?
Prejudice = "an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge."
Atheists are not prejudiced against the religious.
Our derision of religious beliefs is well considered and justified by evidence (fossils, etc) and lack of evidence (God, Devil, Heaven, Souls, etc).
Theists are inevitably prejudiced, because most of their opinions are formed from an uncritical acceptance of a book of baloney.
The belief that homosexuality is intrinsically wrong because the bible says God said it is, is one example of such prejudice.
While I'd admit the absence of empirical proof for God, here we have Howardgee claiming evidence for the absence of God from fossils (etc).
C'mon Howard, no fossil of God = no God? Or did I get something wrong here? What did you mean? You didn't mean TOE did you? Or will the rest of your "proof" materialise from the vague "etc" you cited?