It is indeed. But atheists have a tendency to think it's fine for them to be hateful towards religious people because "they hate all religion". Logically hating more people makes someone even worse, but there's not all that much logic going on in the minds of some atheists. For some people, Atheism is just a cover for being hateful, in exactly the same way some people use Christianity (or any other religion) to provide cover for their hatred.
If the guy didn't say something about "deists," the comment would be identical to something an Islamophobic Christian might say. Religious bigotry from atheists is identical to bigotry coming from religious people.
ftr; also atheist, but decided not to be insensitive today, lol
I can prove objectively that religion is bad for humanity. Can you do the same about atheism? There's a huge difference between the two. We respect people, not their beliefs. If someone's a racist, that's a belief with just as much evidence (aka none/blind faith) as a religion. Do I have to respect their religions? I do think it's really sad that these people died, though I view it as an easily preventable occurrence, and mostly the fault of those that partook. (The same way that I viewed the submarine)
I can prove objectively that religion is bad for humanity. Can you do the same about atheism?
Sure... there's a very large number of people that were killed by atheists like Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot etc. There's a large enough sample size to objectively prove that when atheists are in power they are as bad (if not worse) than religious people in power.
It is indeed. But atheists have a tendency to think it's fine for them to be hateful towards religious people because "they hate all religion". Logically hating more people makes someone even worse, but there's not all that much logic going on in the minds of some atheists. For some people, Atheism is just a cover for being hateful, in exactly the same way some people use Christianity (or any other religion) to provide cover for their hatred.
If the guy didn't say something about "deists," the comment would be identical to something an Islamophobic Christian might say. Religious bigotry from atheists is identical to bigotry coming from religious people.
ftr; also atheist, but decided not to be insensitive today, lol
I can prove objectively that religion is bad for humanity. Can you do the same about atheism? There's a huge difference between the two. We respect people, not their beliefs. If someone's a racist, that's a belief with just as much evidence (aka none/blind faith) as a religion. Do I have to respect their religions? I do think it's really sad that these people died, though I view it as an easily preventable occurrence, and mostly the fault of those that partook. (The same way that I viewed the submarine)
Sure... there's a very large number of people that were killed by atheists like Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot etc. There's a large enough sample size to objectively prove that when atheists are in power they are as bad (if not worse) than religious people in power.