[lbo-talk] A time of doubt for atheists

snitsnat snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com
Sat Jul 23 07:58:49 PDT 2005


maybe you could explain exactly how you think i'm an aggressive atheist? what posts have i written that lead you to conclude that this is an apt characterization?

At 05:48 AM 7/23/2005, Chris Doss wrote:


>Yeah that's true. My grandmother is a JW,
>unfortunately, and they are off the scale. The're the
>Lumpen of Christianity. I love how their brochures
>show a lot of smiling white people and one or two
>black people, like there's a quota in heaven.
>
>You know what I mean by "aggressive" -- "are you or
>have you ever been religious? Religion is for the
>stupid and the weak (99% of the world's population is
>stupid and weak, apparently). If you are religious,
>then therefore there must be something wrong with you.
>Religion is the enemy of mankind." I have friends who
>are in religious orders (one of whom is working on
>Zizek), a product of my having attended a Catholic
>university in grad school. They are quite smart and
>not the enemies of mankind.
>
>It's really really intolerant. God knows if I were
>religious I would be hesitant about bringing it up on
>this list. I would instantly be attacked as a
>"Christer" or something.
>
>Nu, zayats, pogodi!
>
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