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dreamer_marie ([info]dreamer_marie) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-06-24 00:10:00


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Atheists: Like Those Mean Girls in High School, in a Way
Over at the LJ community [info]dark_christian, [info]nebris reposts an article called  An increasingly outspoken community of atheists and agnostics is getting fed up with being marginalized, ignored and insulted. It's mainly about Dawkins's and Hitchens's success with their books about atheism and how it gave a lot of Americans the guts to own up to the fact that they're atheists (apparently atheism is next to communism in the good ol' USA).

It's a direct success when [info]roseross replies, in the first comment:
Militant atheists are the only group other than the Dominionists who scare me because they are so intolerant of others' spiritual beliefs. They insult people who believe differently than they do. They insist that ALL will some day believe as they do, because they're the only people who have it right. They often feel using the government to enforce their worldview is a good idea. In short, the only way to tell the difference between a militant atheist and a Dominionist is which creed they intend all of us to adhere to. For our own good, of course.
People call her on her bovine excrement, but she insists:
Can't count the number of times I've heard militant atheists long for religion to be made illegal. After all, from their point of view, spiritual beliefs are all childish delusions and it would be doing a favor to take the purple unicorns away from the silly people who have not reached the lofty state of atheism on their own. They seem to have no idea why any of that would be insulting to others, or perhaps they just don't care since the insulted folks are just braindead religious folks in the first place.
But why wank when you can have an orgy?
 [info]bobdole asks:
The only other group? So militant atheists scare you in this regard but militant Muslims, for example, do not?
The definitions of the words creed and faith need clarification. Religious scientists get their feelings hurt. People get flashbacks of being outraged. The Constitution is invoked. And much, much more for who is willing to rake through the tl;dr and the "quote-marks."
And will somebody think of the non-Abrahamicists?


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[info]vigilanterodent
2007-06-24 02:57 pm UTC (link)
It seems rather likely that this thing Roseross posted is going to just add to the wank.

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[info]dreamer_marie
2007-06-24 04:32 pm UTC (link)
Oh, wow. She got really oppressed in this wank...Is it me, or are there a lot of Christians out there who've always thought that religion is always love and peace-focused and who can't stand it that Hitchens et al. shoved the less savory things religion has done under their nose?

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[info]vigilanterodent
2007-06-24 04:53 pm UTC (link)
I hope you realize there is no real way to answer that question without risking bringing the wank inhouse?

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[info]dreamer_marie
2007-06-24 04:59 pm UTC (link)
What is it with me and trying to have Serious Discussions in wank communities lately?

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[info]vigilanterodent
2007-06-24 05:09 pm UTC (link)
It happens to everyone, especially with these kinds of topics. Only the fact that I'm trying very hard to stop bringing the wank stops me from going all "MY OPINIONS ON WHY ATHEISTS ANNOY LIBERAL AND MODERATE CHRISTIANS SO MUCH, LET ME SHOW YOU THEM" on everyone.

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[info]dreamer_marie
2007-06-24 05:17 pm UTC (link)
Do you have a Serious Journal where you give people your Thoughts on Atheism? Because I'm interested. Please?
*makes sad legal-alien-in-Florida eyes*

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[info]vigilanterodent
2007-06-24 05:25 pm UTC (link)
I don't think I have anything written up that I can point you to at the moment (my plans to start a blog about progressive Christianity have never quite gotten off the ground), but I suppose I'm game to discuss it in my personal journal here, if you like?

I enjoy sharing my Thoughts On Religion, I just don't want to be a whoreface and do it here.

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[info]dreamer_marie
2007-06-24 05:28 pm UTC (link)
I'll friend you then. I usually only post on LJ (same username), but I like to comment on JF.

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iwanttobeasleep
2007-06-25 12:04 am UTC (link)
It doesn't help any that people keep posting unfunny wanks on hotbutton issues. It's like their trying to get us to wank.

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bigi
2007-06-24 11:44 pm UTC (link)
..Is it me, or are there a lot of Christians out there who've always thought that religion is always love and peace-focused and who can't stand it that Hitchens et al. shoved the less savory things religion has done under their nose?

There are but [info]roseross isn't one of them.

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[info]queencallipygos
2007-06-25 06:54 pm UTC (link)
Is it me, or are there a lot of Christians out there who've always thought that religion is always love and peace-focused and who can't stand it that Hitchens et al. shoved the less savory things religion has done under their nose?

Yeah, but to be fair there are also a lot of Christians who read that and say, "er...yeah, but we knew about that, so what's your point?"

There are indeed people who don't like facing the truth about their history, but that's true of every group, not just Christians.

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