Interfaith Group

it's a laundry list of people to put on ignore
I'd add even more to my list (which currently consists of almost nothing but the asshole variety of DU's atheists) but I think I'm at my list-limit. It really needs to be of unlimited capacity, considering the size of DU.

And honestly, I do believe some of DU's atheists are indeed assholes in person. Some people simply are assholes, all the time. I'm sure we all know a few like that in person. Being an AOL (Asshole OnLine, and only online) just brings more stress into life, especially with trying to keep those multiple personalities straight.

I didn't read the whole thread, just clicked on some posts by title. Even so, I read far too many making the weak assumption that faith and belief can be disassociated with ease, as you would do were another to insult your beliefs in scientific facts.

I know we've discussed a topic I brought up here about faith and belief having a direct and strong emotional attachment, and that to mock the belief is to mock the person because of that. Some didn't agree with me, yet I am still of the contention that detaching from faith and belief simply isn't easily done because one is attached through their emotions and not strictly their intellect, as with belief in provable facts.

With so many of DU's atheists continuously mistaking intellectual attachment for emotional attachment, it makes me think that two possibilities are at work here. One, they honestly don't understand the concept (which, after constantly reminding us of their intellectual superiority due to not having beliefs makes me think their intelligence isn't nearly as high as they boast.) And two, it's dismissed out of hand so that they don't have to limit their insults due to having a stronger sense of morality with other people. They'd have to give up being mean, and that's not going to happen any time soon.