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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As an atheist, I'd like to throw a flag on the OP for violating Phil Plaitt's "don't be a dick" rule of being an atheist.

This wasn't a "great" quote about religion, it was needless antagonism. [/quote]

some may perceive it as antagonism that they don't need, but that doesn't mean it isn't accurate. [/quote]

Accuracy isn't the point. The point is that you're being a dick.

--another athiest[/quote]

Hello, another atheist -- being a dick is relative, just like being antagonistic.   To some people, just mentioning mentioning that you're an atheist (or gay) is seen as antagonistic.

Atheist are often concerned about accuracy and have a lot of experience watching religious people act like dicks.  Are you really another atheist or  did you figure saying that would make your point stronger? [/quote]

You're correct. Some believers are more sensitive than others, and some get offended simply by virtue of the fact that someone else expresses non-belief.  That's not the situation here.

In this case, the OP, [I]sua sponte[/I] decided that this was a "great quote about religion" that everyone needed to see, a la Lon Matthews "Not a sermon, just a thought" radio ads. That's not responding to someone else's position regarding religion, that's affirmatively going out and proselytizing your own (non-)belief and doing exactly what annoys us about the way some believers act.

I have no issue with using the OP's quote to respond to someone making religious arguments about how wonderful God is, but to go "casting the first stone" is unnecessary.

Phil Plaitt got some very passionate (and some very nasty) responses to his argument that atheists should follow the "don't be a dick" rule, so it's your prerogative, OP, to decide how you want to live your life and what battles you want to fight. However, from my perspective as another atheist (and I'm also 15:09, so as far as I can tell there are two atheists on this thread who'd take the OP to task), I think the OP is needlessly being a dick. [/quote]

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