I`m not against people expressing their beliefs..
I`m against people who relentlessly beat people over the head with them..
They still have a WBT$ JW Mind Set..They serve no one but themselves..
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Someone who is deeply entrenched in the Idea of the Existance of God..
Is`nt going to jump straight to abandoning a belief in God..
Those people need time to think,they have`nt done that in a very long time..
They literally need to rehabilitate their ability to think on their own again..
Intellectually beating the shit out of them every chance you get..
Will only cripple them further..
Ok, I understand this point of view. Now I will explain why I disagree with it.
firstly, in my case part of the reason I engage theists is not only for them, but for onlookers. Faith and religious belief are a poison in our society. This is by no means merely an opinion I share but a fact of our world. I've elsewhere elaborated on why, and as a freed mind you likely are aware of these anyway (stem cell research banned, gay rights opposed and hated, blood transfusions killing people, Blood Libel dogma paving the way for Hitler and the holocaust, crusades, Muslkm terrorists attacks, and many more).
the poison of faith that results in all of this badness spreads all to easily through apparently reasonable arguments. In allowing these arguments to stand without tearing them to bits you risk someone falling victim to them and further spreading these monstrous ideas that kill many thousands and millions.
Second, I engage them for their benefit and for the sake of society. I actively post aggressive stands on Facebook as well. This is because the beliefs of these people are absolutely not benign. You say in this quote that you oppose people forcing their beliefs on others. But this betrays what I see as a lack of knowledge regarding how theists affect your world.
Cofty stated that you were or are a moderator on a forum where people claim God speaks to them. Would you approve of someone who makes such claims having any official capacity in your government? Or in any government? I sincerely doubt you would, yet that is the reality. People have office, especially in the United States, who actively make decisions on policy of the government or other actions that are obviously influenced by their faith. They thus force their beliefs on entire countries. Would you not oppose this?
It is not considered appropriate to challenge theists, a position you seem to share. But they MUST be challenged. They must be required to give evidence supporting their world views if those views are going to directly affect BILLIONS. If a person is going to be forced to suffer it MUST be for a good reason and not for faith, which by definition gives no reason.