[ExI] atheists/religion

[John Clark]

On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 7:19 AM Dave Sill via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>> *I didn’t say anything negative about atheists. I said that I think they
>> are sad, and therefore I feel sorry for them.*
>>
>
> >That's patronizing.
>

Regardless of the subject it's ALWAYS patronizing when somebody says "I
feel so sorry for you", it's hypocritical too because hearing such a
statement never makes anybody feel better, and it isn't said to express
compassion it's said to express contempt.

 John K Clark
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