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Thread #151015   Message #3523855
Posted By: GUEST,Musket sans body
07-Jun-13 - 01:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: Can all Athiests be lumped together?
Subject: RE: BS: Can all Athiests be lumped together?
Sorry pete. To hate god is to accept the idea exists surely?

Only those who accept the concept can hate, love or ascribe any thought to.

Nobody is hating god any more than they can hate Sauron or the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. You can however dismiss those who try to influence society by describing god. You may even hate, ultimately, those who use the concept to further their own agenda. The bigotry of large religious organisations weave into laws that affect others.

The others don't like that.

You can see why. I would like to raise a tax on everybody to allow Sheffield Wednesday to buy some new players but I accept that my delusion doesn't float everybody's boat.
So why don't the bishops leave the upper house? disestablishment would increase their standing with society if their views weren't imposed on us. A vicar tweeted yesterday that he thought the Archbishop of Canterbury was a wanker. Maybe or not maybe but it is a form of onanism to presume rational people will accept his bigoted stance on gays just because he reckons the little baby jesus said so.