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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any atheists want to address this semantic question about whether atheists’ insults=conversion? I’m actually open on this. Sometimes down-in-the-mud is just down-in-the mud, where people who have an emotional need to insult/bully others end up.

It looks like you just want to keep whining about how you can’t abuse people with impunity, or derail threads, though. [/quote]

Insults are not necessary when discussing one's lack of belief, and anyone who does that weakens their own position and risks not being taken seriously.

Please note the very fact that non-insulting posts expressing non-belief were deleted from this very thread. If that doesn't tell you how hard it is to be taken seriously as a non-believer, than nothing will.  Using insults just makes being shut down easier.  We must take the high road, always.[/quote]

Insults are used here, and often. But suppose we play along and pretend you’re the only atheist who doesn’t use insults, legit. Many others here do.

So I go back to OP’s question: is an insult an attempt at conversion?[/quote]

Insults are used because this is the internet, and "no one knows you're a dog" as the saying goes.  This topic isn't special.  The trick is to rise above.

And no, I am not "the only atheist who doesn’t use insults", in fact I don't know any who do, for the reason I listed: Using an insult is a perfect excuse for someone to turn you off.  I do admit people on both sides of this issue do.  It's like being told we're going to hell - pointless, unprovable, and does not advance any discussion.

As for "is an insult an attempt at conversion"?  I think that question is a non-sequitur.  They are unrelated.

I'm more interested in the question: "Is expressing your opinion and statement of belief or non-belief an attempt at conversion"?  I would say no, it is not, for either.

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