Buffalo wrote:Hoops wrote:Edited to show lunacy
Do you think snake wrangling is analogous to belief or unbelief?
Why are you bigoted against snake wranglers?
Buffalo wrote:Hoops wrote:Edited to show lunacy
Do you think snake wrangling is analogous to belief or unbelief?
Hoops wrote:Why are you bigoted against snake wranglers?
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.
B.R. McConkie, © Intellectual Reserve wrote:There are those who say that revealed religion and organic evolution can be harmonized. This is both false and devilish.
I have as much evidence for my claim as you have for yours.I'm not. I certainly wouldn't trust a snake wrangler less than anyone else just because he is a snake wrangler.
Why are you bigoted against atheists?
Hoops wrote:Why are you bigoted against those who are bigoted against atheists? Or are some forms of bigotry okay and others not? Please list them so I know what I need to do to get on the approved list.
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.
B.R. McConkie, © Intellectual Reserve wrote:There are those who say that revealed religion and organic evolution can be harmonized. This is both false and devilish.
Hoops wrote:EAllusion wrote:Scientific American had an article on this recently:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... e-distrust
This is a short summary of a hypothesis to explain why atheists are so distrusted with a clever experiment providing some support. The idea is that in order for people to feel trust in someone else, they must feel they are beholden to some authority. "God" acts as this authority for people, and since atheists don't believe in that, distrust is more likely. The article goes on to explain how subconsciously reminding people of the existence of secular authorities causes them to reduce their reported distrust of atheists.
So the thread is about distrust now? I thought it was about hate? Or is it that we should conflate both so that the points made here can remain in effect.
So, okay, as a general rule I would distrust an atheist more than one with religious worldview. But that presents several problems that the atheists have to addrress before they can claim bigotry. Namely, I have no idea how I would know if that guy with whom I'm about to enter a business relationship is an atheist. I don't ask. He may offer, but if he does, then it's his problem what my reaction is. It's not as if I would offer that I'm a Christian (I'm hopeful he would figure that out all on his own). And if he decides to not work with me because of that - that is fine with me.
I'm quite confident that I am not unusual. So what is the point?
Buffalo wrote:I'm not bigoted against you. I don't think you're any less trustworthy for being Christian or a bigot.
Hoops wrote:Buffalo wrote:I'm not bigoted against you. I don't think you're any less trustworthy for being Christian or a bigot.
big·Old Testament·ry
[big-uh-tree] Show IPA
noun, plural -ries.
1.
stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own.
Obviously you are a bigot. So why is your bigotry acceptable and mine isn't?
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.
B.R. McConkie, © Intellectual Reserve wrote:There are those who say that revealed religion and organic evolution can be harmonized. This is both false and devilish.
Buffalo wrote:
I tolerate you very well. Even though you're a bigot.
Hoops wrote:Buffalo wrote:
I tolerate you very well. Even though you're a bigot.
I tolerate you very well. Even though you're a bigot.
Parley P. Pratt wrote:We must lie to support brother Joseph, it is our duty to do so.
B.R. McConkie, © Intellectual Reserve wrote:There are those who say that revealed religion and organic evolution can be harmonized. This is both false and devilish.
Buffalo wrote:Not very well. You don't trust me just because I'm an atheist. And even though I'm not a bigot, you called me one anyway. :(