Atheists - the most hated minority

[_Jersey Girl]

I still hate atheists!




Peace,
Ceeboo

Yes, you do and you should be ashamed of yourself for it.

[_EAllusion]

I think all Jews should be murdered.

That's awful, you anti-semitic bigot.

But that's what my religion teaches me to think.

Oh. Okay then. Sorry about calling you a bigot.

[_Hoops]

Again, mote/beam. Look it up, it's in the book.

Oh, is that in the same book as this? "Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass." Sorry but I don't think that anyone should be getting their morals from such a book.

Showing that you have little patience nor industry to give the Bible a fair reading hardly helps your case - whatever it is.

[_EAllusion]

Bigotry is obstinate prejudice. The word obstinate matters.

And it's one you've added to buttress your argument.

What? No it's not. It's fundamental to the concept.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigot

a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance

[_Hoops]

What? No it's not. It's fundamental to the concept.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigot

a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a group (as a racial or ethnic group) with hatred and intolerance

mine read thusly


big·Old Testament
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noun
a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion.


Nonetheless, you've yet to show that what I've described can fall under your umbrella - at least without a lot gusto on your part.

[_Jersey Girl]

I think all Jews should be murdered.

That's awful, you anti-semitic bigot.

But that's what my religion teaches me to think.

Oh. Okay then. Sorry about calling you a bigot.

Who on earth are you addressing, EA? Care to let that cat out of the bag?

[_Jersey Girl]

Again, mote/beam. Look it up, it's in the book.

Oh, is that in the same book as this? "Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass." Sorry but I don't think that anyone should be getting their morals from such a book.

I'm waiting for EA to address your bigotry. Not holding my breath.

[_EAllusion]

I'm waiting for EA to address your bigotry. Not holding my breath.

How dare he quote immoral passages in the Bible to criticize relying on the Bible as one's sole source of moral guidance!

[_EAllusion]

Nonetheless, you've yet to show that what I've described can fall under your umbrella - at least without a lot gusto on your part.

You mean like when I plainly spelled it out here?

Notice that you say that you would as a general rule distrust an atheist more than someone who is religious. You know why that is bigoted? A person being an atheist doesn't actually tell you enough about their trustworthiness to prejudge them in this way. It's unreasonably negatively prejudging a person based on their belonging to a class of people. Since there isn't even reason to think atheists as a group have a correlation with being more untrustworthy, this is in some ways worse than being worried that a black person will commit a crime because they are black.

[_Jersey Girl]

I'm waiting for EA to address your bigotry. Not holding my breath.

How dare he quote immoral passages in the Bible to criticize relying on the Bible as one's sole source of moral guidance!

The Bible is a collection of books, EA. You're condemning a collection of books as one's "sole source" of moral guidance based on one passage?