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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm so fascinated that you used the word "convert". Do you talk about your child's math teacher trying to "convert" them when they try to explain something logical in mathematics?

Trying to explain something logical to someone, or getting frustrated with people people for not thinking rationally, is not trying to "convert" them.[/quote]

Could be OP thinks that if someone answers "What religion are you?" with "no religion, I'm an atheist" that it's an attempt to convert.

Or that when OP says something like "Let me tell you about Christianity", the person responds with "No thank you - I know about it and prefer being an atheist."

Also, could be that when confronted with such a response from such a normal-looking person, OP is perplexed and wants to know more and sees this as trickery on the part of the atheist -- perhaps the work of the devil, even though the atheist doesn't believe in the devil.[/quote]

OP is not Christian. Same English issues as with the anti-Christian “Redemption” thread.

Whatever OP is, she’s referring to the fact that atheists on DCUM often [b]insult[/b] religion and she’s calling these insults “conversion” attempts. Unfortunately, we all know that the issue goes much further that merely stating “I’m an atheist.” OP is undoubtedly referring to the constant insults about fairytales, Christofacism, the jerk BIL mentioned above, and so much more. Then there are the endless derailment attempts that involve, for example, whining all over a thread re “What would you do if you were God for a day?” about how the moderator deleted your post calling religion fairytales on that same thread. (Why did you/that poster keep whining there instead of starting your own dedicated thread to air your concerns about freedom of speech, like you were told? Your problem wasn’t anything high-minded about freedom of speech, it was derailment pure and simple.)

You’d obviously like to believe that merely saying “I’m an atheist” is the beginning and end of the issue. But I doubt very much OP (or anybody else) is much threatened by somebody saying “I’m an atheist.”  It’s the constant stream of real insults.

Are insults the same as “conversion attempts”? Not sure I care about the semantics. I know what OP means about the constant insults, though.

I guess I’d agree that saying “you’re an idiot for believing XYZ” (where XYX=Trump/Warren/climate change/religion) is a form of trying to change somebody’s mind. A crude form of persuasion of the type used Magats, but a form of persuasion. [/quote]

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