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Atheists & Agnostics

Trajan

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1. I guess I am bigoted towards all of them ...

Reply to backscatter712 (Original post)

Fri Apr 5, 2013, 10:39 PM

Apr 2013

I reject religious belief of ALL kinds .... Belief in deities or supernatural powers is absurd ....

I refuse to either adhere to their canons, nor to refrain from saying so ... To reject a theology means to reject ALL of it, which, by nature, is a broad brush ....

Is that bigotry ? ... Some in DU would have you believe that, but it simply isnt true .... I reject Nazism too, and ALL of it's tenets, whether mouthed by one Nazi or by all of them .... Such is the nature of disbelief ....

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Last week, we were apparently bigoted against Catholics. Now we're bigoted against Muslims. [View all] backscatter712 Apr 2013 OP

I guess I am bigoted towards all of them ... Trajan Apr 2013 #1

Anything to slime atheists Rob H. Apr 2013 #2

Agreed. Apophis Apr 2013 #3

They start from a premise that we are going to be punished for eternity. Gore1FL Apr 2013 #4

The funny thing about the word bigot.... defacto7 Apr 2013 #12

So many believers are incapable of accepting that religion inspires evil, too. trotsky Apr 2013 #5

Exactly Rob H. Apr 2013 #6

The bigotry card Ron Obvious Apr 2013 #7

And Dawkins has gone in one month from appeaser of Islam to Islamophobe muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #8

I hate religion when it forces its beliefs on me or others and Apophis Apr 2013 #9

They conflate criticism of Islam with racism Act_of_Reparation Apr 2013 #10

To be fair, I too have disagreements with Sam Harris. backscatter712 Apr 2013 #11

I've often found myself at odds with Hitchens... Act_of_Reparation Apr 2013 #16

Gee... and I thought we were all alike? defacto7 Apr 2013 #13

We're equal-opportunities bigots! mr blur Apr 2013 #14

I've met Muslims who were more tolerant of atheists. onager Apr 2013 #15