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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hey OP, I'm curious why you even bothered?  I suppose you think that wonderful quote will cause lots of people to question religion and maybe even abandon it. I'm sorry to say, the quote is so shallow, also you're so needlessly antagonistic, that I tuned you out. So, mission unaccomplished.

Thanks to the atheists who pointed out that OP is being a dick and also that OP is proselytizing. I enjoy talking to you guys.[/quote]

OK -- here's the original "great" quote:  "Thanking God for the food you have while millions of people around the world starve every single day is like thanking a serial killer because he didn't kill YOU."

This is an opinion -- perhaps one that some don't share and don't like, but an opinion is not proselytizing.  It is not trying to sell atheism the way people try to sell religion -- e.g. "believe in the Lord and you will have eternal life.  If not - then eternal damnation".

If you feel proselytized to, it might be because the opinion stated is uncomfortably making you think twice about thanking God.  Or perhaps you're a "good" atheist is socialized into  thinking open but accurate criticism of religion is being a dick.

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Look, OP, as an atheist I agree with the logic behind your "great quote." To those of us who don't believe in a deity that seems like an accurate statement, and the logical contortions religions get into trying to explain away the dichotomies inherent in this aspect of theism all ultimately come down to "God is mysterious and we as humans can't understand His divine plan."

So, congratulations. Other atheists agree that you're "accurate," and believers dismiss you because you've just stepped up, uninvited and unprompted, and said, "Wow, your baby's ugly," and when people rightly call you out for being rude, your defense is, "But it's true!"

While it might be true, the truth of your statement doesn't make the way you made it any less rude.  [/quote]

I am 23:54 but NOT OP.  that is, the "great quote" isn't mine.  As for being uninvited and unprompted -- invitations are not required on DCUM -- look through the threads to see the many uninvited and unprompted posts.   I haven't done a check, but it would be interesting to see how many of those are  denigrated for raising the issue in the first place, as is the case here.

As for being "dismissed" by believers - lots of posts are dismissed because people don't like the content -- that's the prerogative of anyone here.  Besides, the one person who mentioned that obviously didn't dismiss the conversation, because they were still reading and commenting on it.[/quote]

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