It's always an interesting mix of wrong and ridiculous when people that don't know me try to tell me what I think.
An important difference between atheists and true believers
by Hortensia 219 Replies latest social current
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Apognophos
I think you think it's wrong and ricidulous when people that don't know you try to tell you what you think. Am I wrong and/or ridiculous?
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FlyingHighNow
Outside the exjw community, atheists don't tend to evangelize, though it does happen. At least here on JWN, there is a noticeable amount of proseltysm type behavior from some atheists.
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Viviane
Am I wrong and/or ridiculous?
Both!
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cofty
Outside the exjw community, atheists don't tend to evangelize, though it does happen. At least here on JWN, there is a noticeable amount of proseltysm type behavior from some atheists. - FHN
So outside a forum for the discussion of all things religious you don't see a lot of discussion of all things religious. Fascinating!
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FlyingHighNow
So outside a forum for the discussion of all things religious you don't see a lot of discussion of all things religious. Fascinating!
Outside a forum for ex jws, I don't see a lot of atheists pushing atheism, in religious way. I do run across atheists. My grandson is an atheist. What strikes me as a big difference between ordinary life and JWN, is that outside the forum when a believer of any kind expresses something about his beliefs, he doesn't have atheists confront and try to persuade him of atheism. Julian has friends who believe in various things. He is respectful of their personal feelings. Where I see a difference is that Julian has never been involved with an intensely, evangelistic faith. He hasn't learned that kind of behavior. He can be opinionated, but when it comes to atheism and religion, he tends to mirror the respectfulness of the Episcopal Church, which is not evangelistic. They teach that every person is on a unique journey.
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cofty
Outside of this religious discussion forum I almost never mention religion or atheism to anybody.
I make an exception when somebody tries to convert me...
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Laika
Who is Julian? Is he a member here?
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cofty
Julian is FHN's grandson.
According to FHN he is an atheist who believes in astrology.
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FlyingHighNow
Outside of this religious discussion forum I almost never mention religion or atheism to anybody.
I make an exception when somebody tries to convert me...
Mentioning atheism isn't a problem. I find it interesting to hear how people have come to the conclusions they have made. As long as they are sharing, it's fine, even if it is someone religious. The problem comes in if someone will not accept that I have made my own very thoughtful conclusions and that it's okay if mine are different. I don't blame you, Cofty, no one likes to feel the pressure to be a convert.