Religion
In reply to the discussion: Militant atheism has become a religion [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)that information on this board. You can "ass"ume all you'd like, but the odds are, you'd be wrong. The difference between you and me is that I don't feel that the beliefs or lack thereof of others concern me to the point where my dignity or sense of self worth is affected by someone who doesn't share my views, and I don't have to act like a fucking shithead to "prove" that "I'm right" and the person who doesn't see things my way is wrong.
So it's rather impossible for you to "agree with me" since you don't know how I feel. I think the only person who has half a clue about my views is Skinner--I may have given him a sense of my perspective in an email, once.
The purpose of the group is no different from the A/A group--there's no "challenging" of members in that group, either. The A/A crew don't appreciate being proselytized in their safe haven, any more than the Interfaith people feel like being snarked at by you or others for their views.
You think that making fun of people with words like "absurd beliefs" is helpful. I don't. Most adults who are skilled in mature conversation don't, either. That's the bottom line, here. If you want to call that a lecture, fine and dandy--consider yourself lectured. It's not going to get you back in the Interfaith door, so get over that, why don't you? You'll just have to content yourself with snideness and snark in the Religion group, if you can find anyone here to play with who enjoys the sort of blood sport you prefer.
You have one of those swell days, now.