DP and Mike,
I've seen faith and I think it's okay.Bill! From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DP Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 10:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Zen] Re: Don't pray in my school and I won't think in your church. --- In [email protected] <mailto:Zen_Forum%40yahoogroups.com> , mike brown <uerusub...@...> wrote: > > DP, > > You wrote: >And... you just lost the thread. Godwin's Law applies equally to > neo-Nazis as to Hitler. > > >It would be more like rejecting anything German (or, say, rejecting socialism > >because of the name "National Socialists.")< > > Firstly, Godwin's Law refers to the inevitable reference to Hitler as a > fallacious attack against an opponent in an online debate. I wasn't attacking > you but was merely illustrating how the mind set of an extreme racist (a > neo-Nazis) is something I'm gladly ignorant of. You wrote "However, this isn't really the whole story. Many atheists were once believers who have seen thru 'faith' and have rejected it for what it is. Moreover, I am ignorant of what it is to be a neo-nazis, but have no trouble rejecting their beliefs as not just harmful, but wrong." You were essentially implying that religious belief was no different from being a "neo-nazi." I'm sorry, but I do find that offensive. > Furthermore, I'm not sure how I could have "lost the thread" when the author > (Kristy) of the point I was commenting on agreed with me. > Then I disagree with Kristy. Your entire attitude has been to attack a caricatured view of religion, all the while dismissing any counter examples. I think you are proving my point about the people on the forum I was talking about. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5503 (20101004) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
