I'm still about four pages behind in the Israel thread, but apparently Nas and Spaulding can't walk out the front door without being accosted by aggressive atheists. I've met like one atheist in my entire life who was militant about it. The only logical conclusion is that Nas and Spaulding are, respectively, full of shit.

I'm still about four pages behind in the Israel thread, but apparently Nas and Spaulding can't walk out the front door without being accosted by aggressive atheists. I've met like one atheist in my entire life who was militant about it. The only logical conclusion is that Nas and Spaulding are, respectively, full of shit.

In their defense, if you're gonna post out of your ass at least they picked the right thread.

Lying FF. I never said anything like that. That's totally false.

Did the 3 wise men ban hyperbole and everything said here is now 100% reliable?

The atheists I know want to talk about God and religion the most. It will come up at least once everytime I see them.

Did the 3 wise men ban hyperbole and everything said here is now 100% reliable?

The atheists I know want to talk about God and religion the most. It will come up at least once everytime I see them.

Did the 3 wise men ban hyperbole and everything said here is now 100% reliable?

The atheists I know want to talk about God and religion the most. It will come up at least once everytime I see them.

Really? You must have some odd friends. As a devout agnostic (Happy Seacrest?), that is the last thing I want to talk about with my religious friends/family.

While what FavreFan says is consistent with my experience, I think I'd happily accept having every kind of fundamentalist knock on my door for the rest of my life if it meant never having to hear from Sam Harris or anyone who takes him seriously ever again.

While what FavreFan says is consistent with my experience, I think I'd happily accept having every kind of fundamentalist knock on my door for the rest of my life if it meant never having to hear from Sam Harris or anyone who takes him seriously ever again.

yea, agnostics are the very last people who want to talk about god. That's kinda the point of being agnostic.

I think I qualify as an agnostic Jew. I'm not saying there isn't a god, I just don't give a shit either way. I don't ask God for anything and I expect him to do the same for me. But, on the other hand, I am very respectful of the history, culture and traditions of my people and want to continue those with my own family.

Why does Sam Harris often you, but not fundamentalists?

I posted this in that abortion Israel thread, but I might as well get to owing an apology in this thread too...

Even if these militant atheists exist, they're harmless.

Atheists/agnostics have to deal with institutional discrimination. You think atheists feel comfortable admitting their views at work? How about when running for office? (even local office)? What about the fact that at school graduations and other events, atheist kids and parents are basically shamed into bowing and partaking? I belong to a sportsman's club in which I am well-regarded, but if I told them I was an atheist, I honestly wouldn't be surprised if I was banned. I had a very good older friend from Texas that I worked with for years. He asked me at dinner one night what I believed because he noticed I never mentioned my faith. I explained that my beliefs are those of an agnostic, and our relationship was never the same again (and we were very close before that).

Actual conversation with the lady who was taking pictures of our newborn:

"What church do you go to?"
"We don't go to one"
"Ohhhhh"

Seems harmless enough but it was just enough subtle condescension to be noticeable. Luckily, here, that is isn't a very common occurrence but in many areas it would be. Luckily, I'm just like shakes where I just really don't care but I may have a different opinion if that was happening a lot.

I wonder how things would have gone if I had said "God isn't real so we don't go".