I should also clarify that I do think it is possible to think about these issues deeply and have a profound understanding of science and philosophy yet still hold a belief in a deity and/or deities. It's because faith, when it is faith, has absolutely nothing to do with science.
I have one friend in town, too, who has personally felt very alienated by people who take atheism to the point where they don't respect the religious. He's very smart, very liberal, very kind and he feels he can't talk about his religious beliefs without being mocked.
I don't see how that's better than me being teased by the religious kids in grade school.
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Date: 2009-02-10 03:51 am (UTC)I have one friend in town, too, who has personally felt very alienated by people who take atheism to the point where they don't respect the religious. He's very smart, very liberal, very kind and he feels he can't talk about his religious beliefs without being mocked.
I don't see how that's better than me being teased by the religious kids in grade school.