tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944248932558389199.post4044742028194437346..comments2024-02-15T19:40:29.872-08:00Comments on neopolitan's philosophical blog: Atheists are Evilneopolitanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02501854905476808648noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944248932558389199.post-11739350804738085362012-11-02T17:40:07.369-07:002012-11-02T17:40:07.369-07:00The theist who believes the atheist is just a pers...The theist who believes the atheist is just a person who is disgruntled with god is just trying to reduce their cognitive dissonance. It is common with all sorts of beliefs, not just religious ones. The person will engage in an ad hominem deflecting away from the argument, believing there is nothing wrong with their belief, the problem here is some personal attribute of the other person. The problem is their reasoning not your own because they have problems.<br /><br />I tend to agree with you that the theist is engaging in wishful thinking, the question is why though. Considering societies have moved from polytheism to monotheism, I believe the psychological reasons have changed. So when answering this question it is important not to conflate early conceptions of a deity to ones we have now. Many people address this problem as something inherent in human beings to invent deities, but if that were the case we would still be polytheistic. So what in our current society causes us to invent a personal god? I have also noticed how popular social media is and how people seek attention constantly through these medias, is it possible that we are a society so addicted to attention that we simply need a deity with us at all times to watch us perform? Perhaps the theist just some vain self centred person that needs some great entity to watch them personally and constantly? Imagine how horrible it would be for the person to believe they weren’t being watched constantly? They would lose all meaning and purpose in their lives since they had been performing for this entity for a long time. Now their behaviours have no meaning since previously their meaning was for the god to watch and judge. So maybe we can cure theism by targeting the addiction ;)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944248932558389199.post-37809709226379995802012-10-20T00:12:17.123-07:002012-10-20T00:12:17.123-07:00That's good news, D'Souza may yet provide ...That's good news, D'Souza may yet provide me with years of righteous indignation and the occasional belly laugh.neopolitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02501854905476808648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944248932558389199.post-84020576825243375882012-10-19T22:28:42.067-07:002012-10-19T22:28:42.067-07:00The fact that D'Souza may have strayed accordi...The fact that D'Souza may have strayed according to Christian morality, and shown himself to not be the fine up-standing Christian disciple he claims to be, will in no way hinder is progress up through the Christian Apologist ranks. They have an unjustified or "unwarranted" arrogance, righteousness and claim to the "truth" that enables them to wriggle their way out of all uncomfortable positions, including acting counter to that which they promote. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944248932558389199.post-55456955718924740682012-10-17T02:59:49.900-07:002012-10-17T02:59:49.900-07:00For people who are visiting via reddit and who hav...For people who are visiting via reddit and who haven't read the article and just want to get on the abuse bandwagon - I'm not really saying atheists are evil. Take a look above if you don't believe me.<br /><br />If you are still hot and bothered, take a deep breath, go for a walk or have a little lie down for a while. I really don't know where this bile comes from, you guys don't even believe in evil anyway.neopolitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02501854905476808648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944248932558389199.post-25554736643325753532012-10-17T02:46:04.719-07:002012-10-17T02:46:04.719-07:00I find the absurdity of D'Souza (and people li...I find the absurdity of D'Souza (and people like him) astounding too. And if you think my discussion of why some theists might believe that atheists are evil is astoundingly absurd, that's okay - it's not as if I stayed strictly on message :pneopolitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02501854905476808648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5944248932558389199.post-64049665592367549272012-10-16T23:13:13.547-07:002012-10-16T23:13:13.547-07:00The absurdity of this is astounding.The absurdity of this is astounding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com