I don't know what his intention was; telepathy is not among my talents. I do know what he said, and what he said was this:
Then I come over here, and I am bugged by the fact that those with clear orientations, who think that religion is bad and oppressive and superstitious and polarizing, and who think that atheism or agnosticism is rational and humane and heroic and liberating, pretend that they are somehow more objective than I am, fail to make a serious effort to engage the points on the table, and merely resort to accustomed forms of ridicule, in essence. To me, they may as well be Jew- haters, even granting they do not limit themselves, but despise those with some religious belief (most of their fellow men) pretty equally.
If you wish to see the context, the post in question is:
Message 17194023
"Here" means this thread, as far as I can tell, and the comparison between atheists and Jew-haters seems fairly clearly directed at the atheists on this thread, namely myself, E, thames_sider, and Lazarus; possibly others. Perhaps Neo will be so good as to tell us who exactly he was talking about. |
