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fucktoyprincess -> RE: Why Atheism Scares People (5/16/2012 2:05:37 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Marini
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I expected answers, but to the points that I raised. I do not believe in god, but I have said repeatedly that I am in favor of freedom of religion. So I am not anti-theist as you state.
My mother is deeply religious. Please explain to me what gives other theists the right to tell her that her religion and god are wrong, and that she can only be saved by converting to another religion (especially when her religion is OLDER than the religions which seem to demand her conversion). Please explain to me why that type of behavior is not "anti-theist". Please explain to me how that type of behavior supports peaceful co-existence. I just ask other theists of whatever persuasion to leave my religious mother who believes in god, alone. But they won't. They won't, because they can't. Their religion demands that they proselytize. So how exactly, are my mother, who believes in god, and dogmatic theists of other persuasions supposed to co-exist?
As someone that has lives in the big city, I am approached by all manner of people proselytizing, I tell them I am not interested and keep it moving.
I would suggest your mother and everyone else do the same thing.
I can't stop them and it just doesn't mean that much to me.
People are always asking to me read literature or join something or support this cause, this issue, on and on and on.
I normally tell them, I am not interested, and I
keep it moving.
I guess I am not seeing what the point, the issue, or the big deal is.
I seriously, seriously doubt that people prone to this behavior, are reading this message board, so other than to vent, what is the point here?
As always to each their own.
Namaste
You are entitled to your opinion, but other theists telling my mother she will go to hell does not sit well with me. It was just Mother's Day this weekend, and I am allowed to defend my aging, and ailing mother. Why should she have to be the one to tell the others to go away. Why can't they leave her alone? Perhaps this is not a big deal to you, but maybe it is to other people. Why should my mother have to deal with this? And why should she have to deal with the politics that come from one religion imposing its will on others? There are many policies that she supports that do not contradict her religious beliefs, and yet, she is told by others that these things should be illegal due to "moral" reasons. My mother is a theist. My mother is a believer. Why do other theists have the right to tell her she is wrong. And why do other theists feel they have the right to shape the political landscape so that only their way is allowed?
I agree with your sentiment "to each his own". But that is exactly what I am discussing here. How can there be peaceful co-existence when some groups feel they are obligated to convert others. And some religions, like Islam, believe that those who do not convert, should be killed. And killing infidels in Islam grants them access to their version of heaven. Again, just explain to me how we create "to each his own" when some religions do not believe in "to each his own"?
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