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To: jcky who wrote (7419)4/6/2002 3:54:00 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (4) of 21057
 
Religious persuasions generally have a huge reservoir of textual dogma which may be criticized by non believers. Conversely, there is little which may be critized in an atheist or secular humanist OTHER THAN their non-belief. Therefore, the secularist gets the (perhaps unfair) advantage in having a target of almost unlimited size to criticize, whereas the "believer", when he is not defending--generally is able to attack only the person or the character of his opponent.

Of course, the secularist may attack either, and sometimes does. But it is an interesting dynamic. The basic criticism against the non believer (regardless of how moral or exalted is his/her character and values) ultimately must come down to the fact that he is an "infidel" and "Godless"...and, of course "blasphemous"...for not sharing the particular religious belief of the person he is talking to.
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