Doubting Thomas made this comment in response to my post on April Fools Day. Well, Mr. Thomas, when a group of "New Atheists" attack and belittle my Faith by writing such books...which should be in every gas station restroom...as toilet paper, I cannot stay silent. Today's post is not really a post. Just a quick response to Doubting Thomas.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Why is it that fundamentalist Christians are so non-Christian in their attitudes toward others?
Doubting Thomas made this comment in response to my post on April Fools Day. Well, Mr. Thomas, when a group of "New Atheists" attack and belittle my Faith by writing such books...which should be in every gas station restroom...as toilet paper, I cannot stay silent. Today's post is not really a post. Just a quick response to Doubting Thomas.
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i agree with...doubting thomas.. as you call him.....fundamentalism and fanatism...are faces of the same coin...the decision to pursue religion is a personal choice and should be left at that...no body in this world has the right to judge why one does or doesnt follow religion....coz once that is accepted...then the questions of my religion..better than yours..my god more powerful than yours are bound to come....human nature is to turn to the unknown...for support....that unknown gains magical powers...and capable of giving all you desire....some people fall for that...others look within themselves for the strength...these are the ones who are labelled as atheist....
Andy and That's-a-Great-Question:
I can see from the tenor of some of the rhetoric here that you do feel a bit attacked by atheists. And I even understand this to a point.
But you do have to understand, as well, that the atheist response is in defense of their own rights to believe—or not believe— what they choose. We have no desire, for example, to have schools teach atheism as truth. In fact, we'd be fine if schools taught comparitive religion in the context of studying human culture.
But we will always resist your group trying to force our schools and our nation to fit your idea of a Christian mold. That's slavery, not freedom, and that's the complaint genuine atheists have with your strategies. We don't ask you to believe as we do...we do ask you to stop forcing your beliefs on others.
Some Christians came to my doorstep on the Saturday before Easter and asked me to get my holy book so we could pray together. What an incredibly insensitive and arrogant thing to do. They had no idea if I might be Jewish, or Hindu, or Buddhist, but they presumed that they knew what was right for me. Though I was momentarily irritated, I decided to follow the example of Christ, a philosopher and mystic I much admire. I smiled and said, no, Easter is not a celebration I follow, and wished them a good day.
I wonder what their response would have been if a couple of Buddhist monks came to their homes and asked them to recite passages from the Diamond Sutra.
Then again, no Buddhists would do such a thing, because they have too much respect for the rights of others.
And by the way...has any atheist come to your door to try and deconvert you? I didn't think so.
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