In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.990720111510.10187C-100000 at halifax.chebucto.ns.ca>,
M. McLeod <mycloud at chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:
>>On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Michael Stanley wrote:
>>> Nonsense. Many people are atheists and want to find out if others
>> find the dominating beliefs in god to be silly. Atheists (at least
>> where I live) are a minority and its a good thing for us to be able
>> to discuss these issues.
>>>Fine have your ng but once the discussion of atheism is covered in perhaps
>one posting what goes in that relates. A discussion on communist plumbers?
>Why do women paint their toe nails?
>Typical posts:
>Anyone believe in god?...Jack
That's hardly an atheist issue. The issues are things like
how/whether to come out of the closet as an atheist to
family, friends, colleagues etc. Discrimination against
atheists (even at the highest level, eg George Bush in his
successful presidential campaign said that atheists shouldn't
be citizens). Secular funerals. There's quite a list. All
consequences of not sharing the prevailing beliefs.
Atheism per se is *not* an issue.
However all this gets drowned out by bad-mannered theists
who have no manners or consideration and see a group of admitted
atheists as missionary-bait. We're not interested in what they've
got to say especially when they're so stupid as to "argue" based
on premises they already know their involuntary audience hasn't
granted.
They get met with as much disrespect and contempt as they have
initially shown us.
And they don't like it.
But then you knowall this already, troll.
