[ExI] Prisoner of bad philosophy: Carl Sagan couldn’t allow himself to hope

[William Flynn Wallace]

 For some atheists it is upsetting that so many base their lives around
religious belief given this, and they feel obliged to tell them why they
are wrong at every opportunity;  stathis

And the other way around:  Yet another reason for atheists to be militant:
being lectured to, patronized by people they consider intellectual
inferiors.  It doesn't have to be that way.  I've been 'corrected' by
students in my 101 classes and I found it funny (though I tried to hide it).

bill w

bill w

On Sat, Aug 4, 2018 at 9:20 AM, Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com>
wrote:

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>
> On Sat, 4 Aug 2018 at 11:32 pm, Giulio Prisco <giulio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ben, then how to explain the taliban-like intolerance of militant
>> atheists? The only explanation I can find is that they thinkvthey know.
>>
>
> Atheists think they know that there is no evidence for God, and therefore
> that belief in God is without basis. For some atheists it is upsetting that
> so many base their lives around religious belief given this, and they feel
> obliged to tell them why they are wrong at every opportunity; for other
> atheists peoples’ stupidity doesn’t bother them.
>
>> --
> Stathis Papaioannou
>
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