Comments on: Atheism: More Antagonistic Than Homosexuality and Evolution Combined! http://lifelessonsfromwriting.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/atheism-more-antagonistic-than-homosexuality-and-evolution-combined/ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:57:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Samuel Skinner http://lifelessonsfromwriting.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/atheism-more-antagonistic-than-homosexuality-and-evolution-combined/#comment-33 Samuel Skinner Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:06:55 +0000 http://lifelessonsfromwriting.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-33 Oh... that would be infinity. It is best not to think about it to much- it is really, really BIG. Oh… that would be infinity. It is best not to think about it to much- it is really, really BIG.

]]> By: lifelessonsfromwriting http://lifelessonsfromwriting.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/atheism-more-antagonistic-than-homosexuality-and-evolution-combined/#comment-24 lifelessonsfromwriting Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:24:54 +0000 http://lifelessonsfromwriting.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-24 That's the thing, though - it happens with pictures or scenarios in which there <i>definitely</i> isn't anything 'down there', for example in the Eta Carinae picture I linked to. In that picture, it's the thing in the middle 'floating' the blackness behind it that gets me, not any sort of fear of something else lurking where I can't see it. That’s the thing, though – it happens with pictures or scenarios in which there definitely isn’t anything ‘down there’, for example in the Eta Carinae picture I linked to. In that picture, it’s the thing in the middle ‘floating’ the blackness behind it that gets me, not any sort of fear of something else lurking where I can’t see it.

]]> By: Samuel Skinner http://lifelessonsfromwriting.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/atheism-more-antagonistic-than-homosexuality-and-evolution-combined/#comment-23 Samuel Skinner Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:07:04 +0000 http://lifelessonsfromwriting.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-23 Cognitive dissodance- a polite term for double think- holding beliefs without thinking about them. That is the only explanation I can think of. It doesn't matter if something is down there- only that you can't see the bottom. Oddly this only affects me on small boats- cruise ships are fine. Cognitive dissodance- a polite term for double think- holding beliefs without thinking about them. That is the only explanation I can think of.

It doesn’t matter if something is down there- only that you can’t see the bottom. Oddly this only affects me on small boats- cruise ships are fine.

]]> By: lifelessonsfromwriting http://lifelessonsfromwriting.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/atheism-more-antagonistic-than-homosexuality-and-evolution-combined/#comment-22 lifelessonsfromwriting Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:03:30 +0000 http://lifelessonsfromwriting.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-22 <i>Is this similar to the fear that when you’re over a body of water something is down there…?</i> It's similar, except that it doesn't matter if I know there's nothing down there or not :) <i>Atheism is more antagonistic because atheism quite simply implies the believer is wrong. People don’t like being told they are wrong or forced to think.</i> But then, most mainstrea religions not only imply that non-believers are wrong, but also explicitly state they'll go to hell when they die. I'd rather here 'Your cherished beliefs are wrong' than 'You're going to burn for all of eternity because you've got an ounce of sense'! Thanks for the comment! Is this similar to the fear that when you’re over a body of water something is down there…?

It’s similar, except that it doesn’t matter if I know there’s nothing down there or not :)

Atheism is more antagonistic because atheism quite simply implies the believer is wrong. People don’t like being told they are wrong or forced to think.

But then, most mainstrea religions not only imply that non-believers are wrong, but also explicitly state they’ll go to hell when they die. I’d rather here ‘Your cherished beliefs are wrong’ than ‘You’re going to burn for all of eternity because you’ve got an ounce of sense’!

Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Samuel Skinner http://lifelessonsfromwriting.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/atheism-more-antagonistic-than-homosexuality-and-evolution-combined/#comment-21 Samuel Skinner Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:53:08 +0000 http://lifelessonsfromwriting.wordpress.com/?p=16#comment-21 Is this similar to the fear that when you're over a body of water something is down there...? Atheism is more antagonistic because atheism quite simply implies the believer is wrong. People don't like being told they are wrong or forced to think. Is this similar to the fear that when you’re over a body of water something is down there…?

Atheism is more antagonistic because atheism quite simply implies the believer is wrong. People don’t like being told they are wrong or forced to think.

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