[ExI] atheists/religion

[Adrian Tymes]

On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 7:26 AM Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On 2020. Aug 2., Sun at 15:57, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> I think for anyone who follows a religion, to characterize atheists as
>> anything negative is patronizing.
>>
>> I think for anyone who is an atheist, to characterize people who follow
>> some religion as anything negative is patronizing.
>>
>> It ain't nothin' but bigotry, folks.  Either way.
>>
>
> I agree. But I didn’t say anything negative about atheists. I said that I
> think they are sad, and therefore I feel sorry for them.
>

Speaking as an atheist: that is a negative comment about us.  Darn near
insulting, in fact.  Certainly patronizing.
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