5 Lies Theists Tell About Atheists. Might be worth a look for some of you religious types to get more of an insight on the Atheist position. [Spirituality & Religion]

@Jm31xxx

lol are you being serious?
If so, please explain because i have never heard this?

@Pikachu I'm Catholic thank you very much.

@Jm31xxx

So you belong to the Catholic denomination of Christianity: people who believe in a god...theists...

Is there a specific reason you find theist to be a slur? Do you not understand what the word means? Or are you just fucking with me? lol

@Pikachu there's Atheist and there's Catholic and then there's Miscellaneous. When people use 'Theist' they are wilfully conflating Catholic and Miscellaneous so as to detract validity from the teachings and wisdom of Jesus by associating Jesus with Buddhists and other nutty religions

@Jm31xxx

So you don't like being called a theist because it includes you in a group of people (not Buddhists btw) who are not Christian but do believe in a god/gods?

Are you upset by being included in the group Mammal on the basis that non-humans are also mammals?

@Jm31xxx Theist is just a general term referring to someone who believes in an active deity.

@Pikachu no I'm not upset being referred to as a mammal because that's just a question of hardware and has no spiritual implications

@Jm31xxx

Exactly. It's just a label denoting certain characteristics.
Mammals are warm-blooded, furred, give birth to live young and feed them with milk.

Theist is nothing more than a label denoting the qualities of believing in a god or gods. That is the only spiritual implication of the label.

What additional implications do you think are being made?

@Pikachuit's the way Atheists say the word. They say it with derision and contempt

@Jm31xxx

lol well i'm sure you'd agree that all too many Christians say the word Atheist with the same venom.
That doesn't change the meaning of the word.

@Jm31xxx [quote]detract validity from the teachings and wisdom of Jesus by associating Jesus with Buddhists and other nutty religions[/quote]
Members of other religions could call christianity a "nutty religion" but, unlike christians, they have respect for others.

[quote]it's the way Atheists say the word. They say it with derision and contempt[/quote]
I've never used nor heard it like that. You seem to be trying to find offence where none is intended. Considering your attitude to other religions, you're hardly in a position to complain anyway.