[Iron Mike]

Originally Posted by Askari

All religions have both positives and negatives. I saw this comment on the Eth thread and I had to address it.



"How can you prove Allah was a paedophile? Did he touch you? Show me us on the doll where the imaginary, spiritual deity touched you... Lol. That is easily the most ridiculous shit I've ever heard. You've received a ban for that because it's attacking someone's belief system; nobody would attempt to hang out your presumably Atheist stance in such a manner." (My original response)

Let it be known that I am not religious; probably Atheist if I HAD to choose; even then I prefer to detach myself from any particular sect out of a desire to explore the area in a lot more depth before potentially dedicating my entire faith to something.

This shit really bugs me. Atheism itself is inheriting all the darker traits of traditional religion; hatred and the belittling of the beliefs of others. So many Atheists think believing in nothing and basing faith in scientific fact/abstinence immediately makes them smarter and better people than, say, someone who goes to church every Sunday and lives by the bible; Atheists (generally speaking) seem to think this entitles them to mock, ridicule or lambaste followers of the historic religions based on the sectarian and discriminatory facets therein. It's a real shame that they can't see how hypocritical that is.

There's an extremely fine line between Atheism and adopting a sectarian attitude - masked in 'knowledge' and 'facts' - towards others based on what they believe. Nobody should be made to feel persecuted for what they believe in.

I think what you mean is iconoclasm. An atheist doesn't necessarily inherit the darker traits or traditional religion, as you put it, but an iconoclast, someone who wears their disregard for traditional religions on their sleeve, does.
And the Prophet Muhammad WAS a pedophile if we judge him by today's standards. As Thug has said, he married Aisha when she was 6 and "consummated" the marriage, which may be interpreted to mean he had sex with her, when she was 9. That's written in the Quran and me saying that isn't to disrespect Islam. It's simply saying ANYONE who sleeps with a 9 year old qualifies as a pedophile by my standards.

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But yea, I've came across a lot of atheists who are also iconoclasts.

[Iron Mike]

Originally Posted by Askari

All religions have both positives and negatives. I saw this comment on the Eth thread and I had to address it.



"How can you prove Allah was a paedophile? Did he touch you? Show me us on the doll where the imaginary, spiritual deity touched you... Lol. That is easily the most ridiculous shit I've ever heard. You've received a ban for that because it's attacking someone's belief system; nobody would attempt to hang out your presumably Atheist stance in such a manner." (My original response)

Let it be known that I am not religious; probably Atheist if I HAD to choose; even then I prefer to detach myself from any particular sect out of a desire to explore the area in a lot more depth before potentially dedicating my entire faith to something.

This shit really bugs me. Atheism itself is inheriting all the darker traits of traditional religion; hatred and the belittling of the beliefs of others. So many Atheists think believing in nothing and basing faith in scientific fact/abstinence immediately makes them smarter and better people than, say, someone who goes to church every Sunday and lives by the bible; Atheists (generally speaking) seem to think this entitles them to mock, ridicule or lambaste followers of the historic religions based on the sectarian and discriminatory facets therein. It's a real shame that they can't see how hypocritical that is.

There's an extremely fine line between Atheism and adopting a sectarian attitude - masked in 'knowledge' and 'facts' - towards others based on what they believe. Nobody should be made to feel persecuted for what they believe in.

I think what you mean is iconoclasm. An atheist doesn't necessarily inherit the darker traits or traditional religion, as you put it, but an iconoclast, someone who wears their disregard for traditional religions on their sleeve, does.
And the Prophet Muhammad WAS a pedophile if we judge him by today's standards. As Thug has said, he married Aisha when she was 6 and "consummated" the marriage, which may be interpreted to mean he had sex with her, when she was 9. That's written in the Quran and me saying that isn't to disrespect Islam. It's simply saying ANYONE who sleeps with a 9 year old qualifies as a pedophile by my standards.

---------- Post added at 04:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:39 PM ----------

But yea, I've came across a lot of atheists who are also iconoclasts.