Can somebody help me out here?
It seems that there are two basic types of people, albeit with some
gradations, and hence, two types of Brin-L'ers. These people are
essentially those who believe in God, and those who do not.
Yet, it seems that people who believe in God, at least on Brin-L, seem
perfectly capable of discussing non-belief in God in a calm and civilized
manner.
In contrast, the people who do not believe in God, or at least a number of
those people on Brin-L, seem to be utterly incapable of discussing belief
in God without being petulant, insulting, petty, and ultimately
uncivilized. I mean, this has now happened how many times in the last six
months? And always from people in what is roughly the same belief-set.
Why is this?
Is it some inherent correlation with non-belief in God that causes one to
react like a Neanderthal against those who profess a belief in God? Or is
it just that Brin-L is a small sample, and our resident anti-religionists
who are speaking out on that subject as of late are just doing a poor job
of representing the larger group of people that hold their viewpoint?
Otherwise, I just don't get it - but that attitude from the
anti-religionists here certainly makes Brin-L a much more not-nice place to
be. Agreed? Its not that I don't want atheists around here - in fact,
I find challenges from atheists very interesting and intellectually
refreshing. I'm just wondering if there's a way to have that viewpoint
represented here other than via the flame-bait and the nasty snide remark.
JDG
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