<peppermill at my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> In article <37940624.9530609 at news.aristotle.net>,
>jms at Zaristotle.netZ (Michael Stanley) wrote:
> > On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 12:40:18 -0700, "Eric Gunnerson"
> > <ericgu at nospam.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > ><peppermill at my-deja.com> wrote in message
> > >news:7mp8lf$5e3$1 at nnrp1.deja.com...> > >> Seems to me that atheists are as passionate in their beilef (or
> > >> unbelief) and as intolerant as any Christian, Muslem, or Buddist.
> I'm
> > >> sure part of the comfort you all get is that wonderful sense of
> > >> supiriority.
> > >
> > >No, it's a tremendous feeling of sadness.
> > >
> > >* Sadness that so few people are rational
> > >* Sadness that people continue to view things in us vs. them battles
> > >* Sadness that so much time (and money) is wasted on such battles.
> >
> > Interesting, I'm an atheist and being an atheist doesn't make me
> > happy or sad. However my strong pursuit of the truth does make
> > me happy. It doesn't however make me feel superior. I'm sure I've
> > made my share of mistakes.
> >
> > Michael Stanley
> > Atheist at large
> >
> > To email me, remove the Z's from my
> > email address. I put them there to
> > avoid junk mail.
> > We've all made our share of mistakes. Which truths are you persuing?
> My guess would be that you would have to feel superior to feel saddness
> for those who don't think like you.
I think my beliefs are superior, yes. If I didn't, I'd obviously have other
beliefs.
I don't *feel* superior, however; I don't spend much time ranking myself
compared to other humans.
