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Thread #150071   Message #3504517
Posted By: Steve Shaw
16-Apr-13 - 07:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Militant atheism has become a religion
Subject: RE: BS: Militant atheism has become a religion
Sammy the wotsit, millions of believers are millions of believers. A mindset typical of millions of believers, on the other hand, is one thing. The titchy little word "A" at the start of that sentence, shall we say, is your f*cking great big clue, n'est-ce pas? I haven't the time or inclination to go around challenging millions of different people but I don't mind challenging a common point of view, a typical mindset. People here challenge some of us for being atheists. That's fine. I can stand up to that confidently. I don't accuse them of challenging millions of individual atheists. They are challenging the atheistic mindset, of which I possess a fairly typical example. I'm really sorry I couldn't find some shorter words to use to explain this rather mundane and obvious distinction to you. I type and review my posts fairly carefully and you'll have to forgive me if I respond sarcastically to people like you who don't have the skill, the stamina or the inclination to read them properly. For anyone left here scratching their heads in puzzlement, this little piece of one of my posts is what our Sammy here erroneously thinks he's pinned me down on:   

They [my questions] are intended to be challenging to the mindset typical of millions of believers who feel rather safe in their cocoons of church/society.