[ExI] atheists de-baptize unbelievers

[Dan]

Yeah, Christians and other religious people regularly do far more bombastic 
things. Some whacky atheists adopt a similar approach and they've gone too far?!

Also, I often get asked by religious people why not just leave this alone -- be 
an atheist and be silent. (And, for the most part, I am. I don't often bring up 
this subject -- save online.) They don't seem to care, though, about the 
continuing bombardent of religious messages -- from people knocking on my door 
on Sundays and handing out pamphlets to the various public displays... Of 
course, any public display of atheism gets a reaction.

Regards,

Dan


----- Original Message ----
From: Ben Zaiboc <bbenzai at yahoo.com>
To: extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 9:57:13 AM
Subject: Re: [ExI] atheists de-baptize unbelievers

Richard Litzkow <rlitzkow at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I don't even think that this;
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/06/religion-atheism
> is
> going too far either.


You "don't even" think this is going too far?

Do you think it's the even tiniest bit extreme?  A wee bit aggressive?

I thought you were linking to an article that maybe said something that was 
actually abrasive, like a claim that all religious people were stupider than all 
atheists, or one of Pat Condell's excellent rants.  The atheist bus campaign is 
about the gentlest most unoffensive thing you could have. It's hardly an example 
of something that's on the edge of going 'too far'.

Ben Zaiboc