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Originally Posted by Angela  Basing your assertion on 2 people you know, 2 public figure activists, and some people you've encountered on forums is as objective as possible for you? It's not possible for you to be any more objective in your assessment of "most atheists" than that?
No. I don't hold that as a standard. I'm simply asking you if you find yourself as LOL as other people who are not perfectly objective in their viewpoint (e.g., everybody).
I don't find you to be LOL because of your highly subjective perspective in this matter. It does sound pretty mean-spirited to me, though, and not what I'd call "spiritual." That's because referring to the majority of a group as something insulting, like "arrogant and condescending," contributes to a feeling of hostility and us vs. them, like:
"Most African American people are lazy."
"Most Mexicans are stupid."
"Most gay people are perverts."
"Most men are dogs."
etc.
This kind of remark is sometimes followed by, "of course, there are a few exceptions - some of my best friends are African American/Mexican/gay/men" or "you're too sensitive/taking it personally" but that doesn't tend to mitigate the hostile environment that such remarks create. It's just crazy making -- in the sense that it occurs to listeners like pretending to have a win/win intention when there's really a win/lose intention going on. It's hard for anyone to believe you have a win/win intention when you're using insulting prejudiced terms and then LOLing when someone lets you know they find it insulting.
What astral plane do people who do that end up on?
I think you're probably genuinely concerned about the spiritual wellbeing of others. And I invite you to consider the feelings of the people whom you generalize in an insulting way, and what it is you're actually creating in the conversation -- what kind of astral plane you are generating right now. |
I have no idea
which astral plane I'm generating right now. But arent you also being critical of me, and which astral plane are
you generating with that criticism right now??
But I see your point, I will digress and say only the atheists I encountred were highly condescending and arrogant. I'm sure there's plenty of intelligent, nice ones also. Perhaps they are in the majority as well??