Quote Originally Posted by denuseri View Post
It's not bad enough the thread has gotten totally derailed into yet another aethism bully pulpuit rant, thanks Thorne, (which is somehow ok cuase it was "fun" huh?)
Why is it OK for domaster to preach his beliefs, including quoting the Quran, but when I do the same it's ranting?

I see so long as the religion isnt pagan or aethism its fair game to use any amount of sophistry to attack it?
What sophistry?

God forbid someone try to get together the Muslims and the Christians on any common ground, we cant have that now can we? Lets make sure we attack and belittle them every chance we get huh?
I treat the Christians and Muslims equally! Isn't that common ground?

Is that aethisms way of paving a brighter future?
Yes. A world without religion. Looks pretty bright to me.

You just cant stand to see people express their faith or seek common ground with others of different faiths?
Express their faith, no problem. Proselytize? Fine, as long as I can respond in kind.

Sounds to me like someone sure is saying its his way or the highway to me.
Not saying that at all.

Domaster came in here and was espousing his beliefs. Great. I don't have a problem with that. But I have the same right to point out where I think his beliefs fail. Why do you have a problem with me doing that? Why is it all right for you to misrepresent my atheism ("one claiming to believe in "not believing" in anything"), but it's not okay for me to point out that what someone believes in is unlikely or unproven?

As for showing respect for religions, I can't think of even one good reason to do so. Why should I respect a religion whose leaders protect child molesters? Why should I respect a religion whose leaders treat rape victims as criminals? Why should I respect a religion whose believers think that a good time in heaven will be looking down on all those souls suffering in hell, and laughing at them? Go ahead! Give me a really good reason to respect religious beliefs.

And for the record, I didn't call anyone a troll, though I can understand why leo9 did. To be fair, though, domaster has not done the typical troll action of tossing a lot of BS into the arena and ducking out to watch the fur fly. He's defended his beliefs admirably. True, he's trying to convince me by using his holy book instead of reason, which is somewhat troll-like, but that doesn't make him a troll.