All you have said is that you agree with me that atheists are self- confessed failures in the field of religion/spirituality. The only difference is that it took you four paragraphs and it took me only one sentence.
On May 18, 1:47 pm, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 18 Mai, 14:33, omprem <[email protected]> wrote:> Allan: "so I never > finished reading them. " > > > OMPREM: And therein lies the entire tale of atheism. > > > Atheists, having been introduced to religion/spirituality, are too > > incompetent, too lazy, and too addicted to sense impression to utilize > > the methods of becoming aware of the Divine. > > > Thanks for the confirmation. > > Checking your profile, Omprem, I see you have been an enthusiastic > poster at AvC. It strikes me as a pity you didn't take a bit more time > to acquaint yourself with the atmosphere here before letting fly with > a post like this. > > Your blanket description of atheists is insulting and demeaning. There > seems to be little willingness to openly listen to what others have to > say and possibly even learn something or develop your thinking > further. In the final analysis, such posts demean no one so much as > the author, for they provide an image of what can happen to people > when they indulge themselves in a voluntary self-inflicted lobotomy. > > We've had quite a number of posts here recently from people who seem > to be hawking one kind of theistic super-knowledge or another. Common > features of them all seem to be a remarkable self-certainty, paired > with a tendency to try to use ridicule, or just plain block- > headedness, in exchanges with those who question such insights. > > Each atheist has his/her own story. Many of these stories involve long > hard wrestling with faith and the realising dawning of its absence. I > would have thought that those who were genuinely moved by some kind of > divine enlightenment would exhibit this state by showing something > like respect for their interlocutors. Well, you live and learn ... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
