tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post4386509867936952779..comments2023-06-24T01:15:34.627-07:00Comments on The Skeptic Zone: im-skepticalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-39743950068033489152015-02-25T11:08:15.746-08:002015-02-25T11:08:15.746-08:00Maybe these stories will give you some information...Maybe these stories will give you some information to bolster your case about how wrong I am.<br /><br />http://nypost.com/2015/02/16/police-lack-evidence-of-religious-motivation-in-execution-style-shooting-of-students/<br />http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-north-carolina-shooting-craig-hicks-20150216-story.html<br />http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/12/us/chapel-hill-shooting-hate-crime-explainer/<br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/15/craig-hicks-religion_n_6688996.html<br />im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-47278561210712678282015-02-25T10:56:40.254-08:002015-02-25T10:56:40.254-08:00If you have any evidence to dispute what I have sa...If you have any evidence to dispute what I have said, please show it.<br /><br />I can't wait to see how your professional, critical thinking will expose how irrational I am. im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-77733190450231221162015-02-25T09:37:11.510-08:002015-02-25T09:37:11.510-08:00Try as you must, but you are *NOT* skeptical, or c...Try as you must, but you are *NOT* skeptical, or critically thinking here.... comments such as,<br /><br /><b>" despite all the evidence that strongly indicates NO IDEOLOGICAL MOTIVATION for what he did."</b><br /><br />...reek of amateur, non-critical thinking. You're not in this to prune away layers and get at truth, you're in this to "expose" how "irrational" you think Victor and the other theists are being. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-25398077252238652882015-02-23T18:38:03.172-08:002015-02-23T18:38:03.172-08:00Yes, of course. These people are accommodationist...Yes, of course. These people are accommodationists. I'll note a few things about this article.<br /> <br />First, while I do not object in principle to accommodationists' approach to dialog with theists, I can't help but notice that they are generally quick to chastise atheists for their contemptuous rhetoric, and at the same time totally oblivious to any and all equally contemptuous (if not downright hateful) rhetoric from theists directed at atheists and atheism. Hatred of atheists is <a href="http://atheism.about.com/od/atheistbigotryprejudice/a/AtheistSurveys.htm" rel="nofollow">prevalent</a>, and we see it expressed <a href="http://atheism.about.com/od/attacksonatheism/p/GodlessBigotry.htm" rel="nofollow">every day</a>.<br /> <br />Second (and this is particularly pertinent to your own accusations of "hate messages"), read the passage from Dawkins again. He is talking about rhetoric that expresses ridicule, even to the point of being somewhat hurtful. He is not talking about hate. He is not advocating any kind of violence or use of force. He compares this rhetoric to that of Ann Coulter. I would never characterize her rhetoric as "hate speech", or something that would foment violence, but it is contemptuous and even hurtful, in much the same way Dawkins advocates. Dawkins wants to direct this rhetoric at fence-sitters, in order to sway them.<br /> <br />This is a far cry from the kind of "hateful atheist ideology" you claim that would lead people like Hicks to violence.<br /> <br />I implore you once again - if you want to make accusations like that, bring forth your evidence. Show me who is making this kind of hateful speech, and who is moved to violence by it.<br /> im-skepticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267710618719895303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221547022510742794.post-74787413146547325902015-02-23T16:31:45.111-08:002015-02-23T16:31:45.111-08:00This doesn't come from a theist, this comes fr...This doesn't come from a theist, this comes from the head of the Center for Naturalism. <br /><br />http://www.naturalism.org/Against_contempt.htmVictor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.com