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- From: onar@hsr.no (Onar Aam)
- Subject: Re: Why Xians Post in Alt.Atheism
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.124905.4299@hsr.no>
- Keywords: Marcinkiewicz
- Sender: news@hsr.no
- Organization: Rogaland University Centre
- References: <7401@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu>
- Distribution: alt
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:49:05 GMT
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- Null Cypher writes:
- >Well, I think it's time we recognized these posts for what they
- >really are - cries for help. These Christians have begun to
- >realize that their religions are based on unfounded assumptions
- >(and often illogical arguments), and so they come to alt.atheism
- >for help.
-
- I would very much like to challenge your hypothesis. I am probably among those
- few theists which you would call rational. I spend a lot of time in
- a fundamentalist community to observe, gather information on human interaction in
- a potentially charged environment. I feel that I get to know their motives and
- their thoughts pretty well. Believe it or not, these people think quite
- rationally. Their premises (axioms) may be far-out but the reasoning built on
- these is perfectly valid.
- But anyway, the main reason, I think, that so many Xtians preach on
- alt.atheism is: self-satisfaction...
- Remember that Xtians are crazy about converting people, being able to serve
- God by preaching His Word etc. This is what gives them a meaningful life. Being a
- Xtian makes them feel special. This is emphasized when preaching to unbelievers
- - especially atheists. This is because, unlike the majority of unbelievers,
- atheists have consciously through their will and rationale chosen to turn their
- back on what to them is sacred. And - seeking out to be the Hero of the day (
- having the angels throw a party in Heaven, and so on)- they try to save these
- poor creatures who are crippled spiritually by their own minds. And with their
- spiritual sword - the Word of God - they Knightly engage in the spiritual Battle
- against Evil! Which, of course, is a bloody extatic experience. THAT is why they
- preach on a.a., nothing else.
-
-
- Onar.
-