Religion-Bashing

[karlhenning]

Karl:

Give a little thought to how many atheists you might have met in your life who said nothing about religion.  I'm confident that most atheists not only don't talk about religion; they don't think about it at all.

Yes. I might say, yes, of course, for I think you will not be surprised that this thought (the ongoing consideration, really) is not new to me.  Generally, to be sure, a point very well taken, Don.

[karlhenning]

Karl I think you're doing exactly what you accuse Joe of doing - you're focusing on other things to deflect the good points he is making, so that you don't need to address them. I don't think he was being insulting, and the passive aggressive sarcasm is actually quite rude. Why dismiss someone who is actually trying to engage with what you're saying?

Yes, well, you see, I thought that Joe's snarky comment that I think too much of [myself] was both an evasion of the point, and rude remark, Guido. This I fail to see as in any harmony with your evaluation of someone who is actually trying to engage with what [I'm] saying. You see nothing rude or insulting in comments like "as a son of God he's a disappointment"? You believe that that is someone who is actually trying to engage with what [I'm] saying?