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SHOULD believers think they are superior so that their feelings don't get hurt? Is the only reason we shouldn't take offense a feeling of superiority? Most of the atheists on the board don't seem to get overly upset, and a lot of what they point out is just to point out an observation and question it's origin---however you came out very strongly in the corner that atheists should work on not hurting believers' feelings. I'm confused.
NC
Or they can rightly be called "passive aggressive" in my opinion and should be "left alone".
We SHOULD leave the PA's alone. They don't state things honestly, and will pull you into a circular debate over things that are not the real issue. Does that sound fun to you?
I see people who do not believe in spiritual life believing the world and other people are AS THEY PERCEIVE it and them.
To imagine you are right about the physical world is better than a believer imagining she is right about the spiritual world, how so?
IF non-believers THINK they are superior they should behave as such. quoted
Nice set up. non-believers should be the bigger people and not get offended (and honestly, my sentiment is not offense, but curiosity and amusement), but if they do so, they THINK they are superior. What an interesting dynamic. If we get offended, then we aren't the bigger people. If we don't get offended, we feel superior. I like it here in this corner.
To imagine you are right about the physical world is better than a believer imagining she is right about the spiritual world, how so?
There is no spiritual world? That is how. And if there was a spiritual world, it is highly vulnerable to interpretation, and therefore, anyone can make what they will of it, and none can claim to actually be 'right'. On the other hand, I observe the physical world, and can give you data.
NC
It is frustrating that some posters who think they are being perfectly honest only read what they want to hear from others. They only hear what they expect to hear.
On the other hand, I observe the physical world, and can give you data.
Good! Please won't you give "data" on the fact that N.drew called any other poster a name. Not AFTER I was repeatedly accuse of such but BEFORE. I certainly don't expect you to do so. I wouldn't and won't. So stop believing what YOU DON'T KNOW.
You say we believe in something that we don't know. But You do too.
And yet my promoting of Thor worship is called silly.....
Reread this thread in a few weeks and lets whats sillier....
FlyingHighNow gave you some advice, not about the person of New Chapter, but about your posting style. If your "she's attacking me" is about HER then I think you're wrong. She did not attack you. If not her, then who? It wasn't me, I don't remember, unless..... If it was me you're referring I must say sorry that I made you feel attacked.
Oh, first, I didn't 'feel' attacked. I just pointed out the actions of another person, but did not comment on how that made me feel.
Secondly, I don't like your posting style N.Drew. It is just rife with nonsequitors and nonsense. I never get your main points, because you can't seem to express things in a way that I can understand. I have very good reading comprehension and am a fair writer, so this is on you. I rarely respond because I don't know where the hell you are going. I think you could learn a lot from me. I think that if you followed my example, you would be able to express yourself better. But really, should you be confusing everyone on the board. Maybe you haven't fully shaken off the WT yet! While still under it's influence, you will not be enlightened like me. I think as you grow as a poster, you will look back and just cringe at how you have expressed yourself. Don't you do that now? don't you look over what you have posted and just cringed at the Watchtower influence? This is not a personal attack, but if you call it one, I will consider it a punch thrown.
NC
And yet my promoting of Thor worship is called silly
But I don't think you are silly. I believe you.
