<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Not-sad atheist right here. I don’t think I’m the exception either. From here, I see plenty of theists that seem guilty, angry, aggressive, worried, anxious, scared, insecure. But I’d never generalize or stereotype as I also see happy as clams Ned Flanders’ and Ned Flanders’ wannabes and suicide bomber “martyrs” gleeful in anticipation of the afterlife with virgins (if they only knew what that would really be like). I don’t mean to be pejorative to religious folks (although suicide bombers who take out bystanders can go fuck themselves—I’m big on consent). I will fight oppression, inquisitions, and holy wars. I love my peaceful muslim friends and my Mormon friends and transhumanists. Live and let live is one of my mantras. </div><div dir="ltr">Apology accepted GP. </div><div dir="ltr">Rather than not express that impression here, consider gathering more data to inform your opinion. I’d suggest that atheists are a diverse group. Just as are extropians and transhumanists. </div><div dir="ltr">-Henry</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 2, 2020, at 2:15 PM, Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>On 2020. Aug 2., Sun at 19:41, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 7:26 AM Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>On 2020. Aug 2., Sun at 15:57, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I think for anyone who follows a religion, to characterize atheists as anything negative is patronizing.</div><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I think for anyone who is an atheist, to characterize people who follow some religion as anything negative is patronizing.</div><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">It ain't nothin' but bigotry, folks. Either way.</div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Speaking as an atheist: that is a negative comment about us. Darn near insulting, in fact. Certainly patronizing. </div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sorry for that, I apologize to everyone who feels insulted, and I won’t express this feeling here again.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div></div></div></div>
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