Post by Dirty Santa PaulsLaugh on Jan 5, 2021 13:00:20 GMT
This is the youtube guy’s false assumptions, aka prejudice, probably born out his frustration in not understanding the concept of atheism. These maybe ass-smelly axioms are thrown out by frustrated fishers of men casing their nets off Dover Beach.
“We're all born Atheists until someone starts lying to us."
False. No one is born an anything with an “ism” attached to it. Maybe the label “pagan” or “heathen” can be put on newborn babes. They are born with a pure id that gets tempered as the baby’s ego develops. It is at this stage children are inculcated into culture belief systems either through schooling or osmosis.
"Reading the Bible will make you an Atheist."
Probably true. If one reads the Bible without an assist from a commentary, the stuff the theists are taught often don’t match what’s in the biblical narrative mount up. This is most apt to damage or kill the faith of the unprepared Evangelical reader. Therefore, most Right Wing Evangelicals use Scofield or Ryrie Study Bibles, which use the KJV, and helps explain the confusing passages using their brand of fundamentalist theology.
Atheists didn’t start this moral panic anyway. The RCC itself forbade the layperson from owning a Bible, especially a vernacular translation...or read it, even. Even the approved Latin Vulgate translation could bring down harsh judgement...not that many people could afford to own a Bible back then. It wasn’t until 1500 or so with the Protestant Reformation and the printing press did this change.
"You can't be reasoned out of something you weren't reasoned into."
This is a true axiom, though not one exclusive to theism.
And here’s that “ism” again. The term atheist is contra to theist, an apologist. The opposite of a believer is the skeptic...that’s a separate topic.
A believer does not require a theology or theory of God. He or she have faith in It, not a rationalization for believing opposed to not believing.
A theist, though, does look for justification for his or her beliefs and become frustrated when the atheist points out the flaws in his logic.
This statement has most recently been applied to QAnon believers.
"Atheism and Atheists are honest/rational/reasonable."
No creditable atheist has said or thought that unless they’re trying to be an asshole. There are plenty of asshole atheists, just like there plenty of theist assholes.
However, what atheists are not are religious hypocrites. Generally the theist is more concerned with getting his “ism” to cancel out the atheist’s “ism” and tends to forget he is supposed to be living a Christian life, not bean counting church membership as proof their own particular religion is the True One.
“We're all born Atheists until someone starts lying to us."
False. No one is born an anything with an “ism” attached to it. Maybe the label “pagan” or “heathen” can be put on newborn babes. They are born with a pure id that gets tempered as the baby’s ego develops. It is at this stage children are inculcated into culture belief systems either through schooling or osmosis.
"Reading the Bible will make you an Atheist."
Probably true. If one reads the Bible without an assist from a commentary, the stuff the theists are taught often don’t match what’s in the biblical narrative mount up. This is most apt to damage or kill the faith of the unprepared Evangelical reader. Therefore, most Right Wing Evangelicals use Scofield or Ryrie Study Bibles, which use the KJV, and helps explain the confusing passages using their brand of fundamentalist theology.
Atheists didn’t start this moral panic anyway. The RCC itself forbade the layperson from owning a Bible, especially a vernacular translation...or read it, even. Even the approved Latin Vulgate translation could bring down harsh judgement...not that many people could afford to own a Bible back then. It wasn’t until 1500 or so with the Protestant Reformation and the printing press did this change.
"You can't be reasoned out of something you weren't reasoned into."
This is a true axiom, though not one exclusive to theism.
And here’s that “ism” again. The term atheist is contra to theist, an apologist. The opposite of a believer is the skeptic...that’s a separate topic.
A believer does not require a theology or theory of God. He or she have faith in It, not a rationalization for believing opposed to not believing.
A theist, though, does look for justification for his or her beliefs and become frustrated when the atheist points out the flaws in his logic.
This statement has most recently been applied to QAnon believers.
"Atheism and Atheists are honest/rational/reasonable."
No creditable atheist has said or thought that unless they’re trying to be an asshole. There are plenty of asshole atheists, just like there plenty of theist assholes.
However, what atheists are not are religious hypocrites. Generally the theist is more concerned with getting his “ism” to cancel out the atheist’s “ism” and tends to forget he is supposed to be living a Christian life, not bean counting church membership as proof their own particular religion is the True One.