Chinacat -> Ross Cassell wrote:

 RC>>>> Can a person be an atheist, be indifferent towards those whom
 C> believe
 RC>>>> and otherwise, letting everyone be as they choose?

 C> If you would be honest about it, you know they do.

I believe there are some whom do, but are you Ceppa and Sauer rabid
atheists, I believe so.

 RC>>>> Do other atheists launch into crusades to persecute or otherwise
 RS>>> demean
 RC>>>> those of religious belief?

 C> Uh, Ross, who is it here who is bringing in items from other echoes? This

I didnt bring anything into this echo from others, I posed a question to
provoke debate.

Sometimes its best to ask provacative questions to do so, it beats the
usual "so and so is a coward because he isnt following his book"
crapola.

 C> was never really an echo for religionists...

Operative word is "was", it is now an echo for both sides to
debate each other with the same rights and length of rope.

This echo was not doing anything before 01/2009 and really hadnt done
anything related to your fond memories of it, since you up and disappeared
on us.

Want to disagree?

The formula for this echo no longer worked, there is a gazzilion alt.*.*
newsgroups for the bashing of religion or otherwise..

 C> but it is they who keep coming
 C> in threatening everybody with hellfire if we don't convert to what they
 C> believe.

I dont think I have seen any that you describe come in here to do that..
Most certainly, Ed Hulett, whom has taken the bulk of the heat in here, he
has not insisted that everyone become a Mormon, have you seen him do that?

 C> There's always a couple bad apples in the barrel but I'd take
 C> count of just how many there are of atheists when compared to the number
 C> who claim religion and I think you will find the scales very unevenly
 C> balanced on the side of 'you better believe or else'.

In this echo???

 C> And Ross? I really would like an answer to that first question in the above
 C> paragraph. In fact, I'd still like an answer as to why the christian
 C> religion deserves any more respect than worshippers of zeus, odin or the
 C> flying spaghetti monster? You keep saying a person's religion needs to be
 C> respected but you don't ever say why.

I didnt specify a religion, if I had my way, everyone with a religious
belief should be allowed to possess it, and anyone whom chooses to not hold
a religious belief should be allowed their position as well.

Yes there are fundies whom want to shoehorn their beliefs unto others, but
there are also atheists whom do the same.

Like I said, I am not a believer, I used to be one of the rabid atheists, I
guess I mellowed out over time. I think some of this came about when most
of them idiot blue laws got voted out up here..

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