Amonst the people that ask questions here, and contribute answers, there are many who are, as I am, nonbelievers. Too often here I come upon juvenile questions and juvenile replies which were meant to offend, about god and gods, Jesus, the particular aspects of Christianity and Islam. Is it because I am older than most of you that I question these steps away from manners and common decency? We all of us have experienced debates in regard to religious beliefs or, in my case, nonbelief. And debate is a healthy thing. But we are human beings first. Why speak loud-mouthy barroom sneery words of what's vital in the life of another human being--about Jesus, about his mother, about the figures, real or invented, who shaped Christianity and Islam? It is beneath an intelligent nonbeliever, or it certainly ought to be. Christians are defensive, with reason. Well, as I said, I am old (71) and perhaps, just perhaps, my view of the world and its present inhabitants is out of fashion.
2007-05-24
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