I'm not going to bother, nobody's minds will be changed by debate. You (and many new atheists and antitheists) clearly hold religious people in contempt and won't listen, so why should I bother?
I'm merely asking for tolerance and respect for different people's different beliefs, which should be basic human decency. There are many people of different religious and irreligious beliefs who can coexist harmoniously.
The problem here is a specific subtype of atheists who choose to be outwardly hostile towards religion, and are also the same people who won't listen. Their position is typically one of bad faith, with no intention of changing their hostility. The same few points are exchanged and views don't change and all that happens is that time is wasted. This is from experience, let's leave it at that.
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I'm not going to bother, nobody's minds will be changed by debate. You (and many new atheists and antitheists) clearly hold religious people in contempt and won't listen, so why should I bother?
If you'll put no effort into making people understand, how can you complain that they won't?
I'm merely asking for tolerance and respect for different people's different beliefs, which should be basic human decency. There are many people of different religious and irreligious beliefs who can coexist harmoniously.
The problem here is a specific subtype of atheists who choose to be outwardly hostile towards religion, and are also the same people who won't listen. Their position is typically one of bad faith, with no intention of changing their hostility. The same few points are exchanged and views don't change and all that happens is that time is wasted. This is from experience, let's leave it at that.
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