If one becomes the thing one hates...?
...doesn't that mean that both fundamentalist Christians and anti-theistic atheists sort of are each other?
...doesn't that mean that both fundamentalist Christians and anti-theistic atheists sort of are each other?
Martin T
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Sometimes, yes. What difference is there between:
"All atheists are bad people"
and:
"All Christians are creationists"
They both betray a massive effort to remain ignorant.
Tim
No. That would only work if they hated each other and were intrinsically interchangeable.
Just because opposite poles exist, that doesn't mean they are the same as each other.
Christians, by definition aren't allowed to hate a person. Hate the sin, not the sinner.
If people wish to be a follower of Christ they must love, not hate.
Jesus said, "love your enemies".
Atheists aren't even necessarily an enemy of Christians, they are more often an indifferent neighbor or friend who merely disagrees with them about the existence of God.
If we were talking fundamentalist Muslims, that would be different. Certainly both sides would have good reason to hate because the Muslims kill the unbeliever whenever they refuse to convert.
And, just because atheists disagree with Christians, that doesn't mean that atheists hate them either.
Michelle
First, you are assuming that the statement is true that one becomes the thing one hates. Secondly, no, fundie xians and anti-theistic atheists are not "sort of each other". Anti-theistic atheists are not trying to pass laws getting schools to teach that there is no god, nor to have a pledge of allegiance to a flag of "one nation under no god", etc. Nor are they threatening believers with eternal torment, etc.
Are they both sometimes rude and arrogant? Certainly. But so are people who are neither fundamentalist Christians nor "anti-theistic atheists".
Anonymous
If, and only if. But since most do not become the thing they hate, the general conclusion may be safely discarded.
I hate spiders. There is zero chance short of divine intervention that I will become a spider.
Archer
You assume that the separation of the two is based in "hate", it is not. There are some who choose to hate which is a waist of time and energy.
Think about it!