Well,
I know that the atheists are pissed that the theists are ALWAYS trying to convert them/condemn them to hell and the theists are tired of the atheists ALWAYS trying to knock down their beliefs....
BUT
Where the heck are you hanging out that theist/atheists are ALWAYS haranguing you and trying to convert/deconvert you??? Am I just missing the roving hoards of these two groups that are searching for the unsuspecting pedestrian or coffeeshop patron and then WHAMMO -they try to convert them???
I mean, just where do you find this behavior- besides on *religious* discussion boards- where you have no right to complain if you get into religious debates...
JUST curious.
-Kudra
Yet ANOTHER thread on ...Atheist/Theists... :-O :-O
by Kudra 30 Replies latest jw friends
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Kudra
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PEC
Good point Kudra, if you can't take the heat...
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kwintestal
Seriously ... I cannot go into a Walmart without some young x-tian trying to convert me.
Kwin
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*summer*
Yes, Kudra...
You are right.
Religious debates are to be expected on a forum like this one.
And always two sides to a coin.
*summer*
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Gopher
And always two sides to a coin.
So who's heads and who's tails?
(Running away from this thread before he gets flamed..........)
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*summer*
Don't run away, Gopher...
Heads...Tails...
It's all good. It's all a matter of perspective:-)
*summer*
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BFD
Now that is the best question I've seen on this topic EVER!
BFD
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blueviceroy
I'm pretty sure I enjoy it when someone hits me on the head with whatever particular truth they enjoy. Dissent and free expression of thoughts , it's like a smorgasbord and then all of a sudden there is nothing but bean dip , other days it's all haut cuisine and it's delicious but I leave hungry,
Posting here is superior to other sites as the debate almost always touches a nerve and some brain matter is engaged , and someone always has an opinion.
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nvrgnbk
I'm pretty sure I enjoy it when someone hits me on the head with whatever particular truth they enjoy
It's even a whole lot much more funner when they smack you upside the head with whatever particular delusion they enjoy.
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Little Drummer Boy
Where the heck are you hanging out that theist/atheists are ALWAYS haranguing you and trying to convert/deconvert you???
It is rare for me to go more than a day and not have christianity pushed at me in some form at work. And when I say pushed at me I mean exactly that. I don't mean people walking around and declaring their faith without a word by wearing a cross or something. That's perfectly acceptible. What I do mean is constant comments, attitudes, etc. And I work at a college. Such things are supposed to not be happening (per employee handbook and policy), but as long as the offender is christian, anything goes. The same does not hold true of people of other faiths or no faith. Many students that I have met and some of my co-workers are either of other faiths or lean towards atheism. However, I have always discovered this in some quiet fashion where they were feeling me out to see if it was safe to tell me. They do not speak about it openly, as a rule. I do not dare express my atheist beliefs to my co-workers in any significant way. If my feelings were to become common knowledge, it would lower the opinion of me of key people at work and hurt my chances of retention/promotion.
My boss sat across from me at lunch the other day with most of my co-workers present and proclaimed that so and so is "a good Christian woman". In the context of the conversation, it was obvious that he was stating 2 things: 1) by virtue of this woman's strong christian faith alone and outside of any real actions, she is to be thought of highly and trusted, etc. and 2) anyone who is not christian is, by default, not capable of being thought of highly, trusted, etc. no matter how they actually conduct themselves. My distinct impression was that he was sending me a message. It is entirely possible that he has learned something of my feelings towards religion. Christian apologists and apologists in general will say I'm being over-sensitive. Keep in mind that I was there to witness the events. "You had to be there" certainly applies in this case as written words cannot convey the tone and subtle meanings my boss intended.
That is just one of countless examples. These kinds of things are why I tend to bristle when faith is pushed at me. I just want to be left alone.
As far as theist vs. atheist discussions here on this discussion board, that is a good thing and expected. Here we have a choice to read the threads or not. In the outside, real world, we cannot just "click" our way out of situations.