Dude, be serious. Everytime somebody posts something about god do you really have to respond? Dont you get tired of it? We get it, you believe in logic and what you can prove etc etc, but some of us like myself dont. Its disrespectful to question everybody on their belief system. It creates an uncomfortable atmosphere.
"They sort of play the hurt feelings card at every opportunity, and faced with a choice of, well, am I gonna be rude or am I going to articulate this criticism? I mean, am I going to articulate it, or am I just gonna button my lip?"
"And in fact, what fascinates me is that a lot of the tricks are
they have their counterparts with con artists. They use the very same forms of non-argument, the very same non sequiturs, and they make, for instance, a virtue out of trust. And as soon as you start exhibiting any suspicion of the con man who is about
gets all hurt on you, plays the hurt feelings card, and reminds you how wonderful taking it on faith is. I mean, there arent any new tricks, these tricks have evolved over thousands of years." --Daniel Dennett
Because its not right to make everyone second guess themselves every time they post something. You make your point heard, ok thats fair. But to continue questioning people when they have clearly made it known that they disagree with you is disrespectful. To put it plainly, you take it too far. And not just you, this goes for the other ppl that lurk in the SSP section just lusting for an opportunity to spread their anti god "wisdom". I understand how you feel on the subject, and I hope I have made it clear how I feel. Why cant it be left at that?
"In fact. I think all people ought to be offended, at least in their deepest integrity by, say, the religious proposition that without a supernatural, celestial dictatorship, we wouldnt know right from wrong. If the offensiveness charge is to be allowed in general, then I think were (atheists) entitled to claim that much, without being self-pitying, or representing ourselves as an oppressed minority. Id like to add also that that I agree that there is no way in which the charge against us can be completely avoided, because what we say does offend the core, very core, of any serious religious person."
--Christopher Hitchens
Ok, but im asking you, as a personal favor, to please stop giving me a hard time. I want to be able to post and have discussions without being persecuted for my beliefs, especially not by a mod. Im not shouting insults or making personal attacks here.
Special pleading is a formal logical fallacy where a participant demands special considerations for a particular premise of theirs. Usually this is because in order for their argument to work, they need to provide some way to get out of a logical inconsistency.
