Not posted on spirituality and religion before, made a comment on a post a few days ago and got some very unpleasant , negative comments from atheists ranting and raving about all sorts!
So all comments based in magical thinking are automatically pleasant and positive?
The word “atheist” is not a label; it is merely a description. Since I don’t have a belief in a god, I am by default described as an atheist. If there is evidence for a hypothesis, then I will gladly look at the data. If the claim itself is illogical, however, or if it is based on something other than honest investigation, it can be dismissed as wishful thinking, misunderstanding or a lie. Theists do not have a god: they have a belief. Atheism is the lack of theism, the lack of belief in god(s). I am an atheist because there is no reason to believe.
I had liked this post a long time back. That time I didn't have much to add on than whatever has already been commented and discussed. Revisiting this post again because today I'm am sure that this is the most relevant post in today's world.
Sadly as the thinkness of the line between disagreement and hatred becomes thinner and thinner, knowingly or unknowingly we are getting used to sacrifice our freedom of opinion.
Problem can be attributed to our ego. Problem can be attributed to our excess pride in our intelligence. Yes, we are making massive progress in science and technology. We are achieving the things that we considered impossible generations before. Slowly we started assuming we are the authority to judge between right and wrong.
True we created computers, we created machines that can make decisions, we may create robots that can think. However in the process when we loose humility, inspite of all our perceived progress, we start to think like machines and do processing in binaries that we fail to distinguish the process between right and wrong, the truth and the ignorance, love and hatred.
Let us all embrace disagreements and use it to form informed decisions and conclusions. Let us learn to nurture love than hatred.
I have spiritual roots in both Christianity and Buddhism. I’m also trained as a scientist and have a long standing connection to secular humanism through that.
I don’t talk about specifics because I’m generally tortured here when I do.
For me the root of my spirituality is love, and that’s not something that is reflected in contempt, bitterness, judgement, hatred. When I see myself getting negative towards people I know I am losing my way. That love is also something given without concern for it being earned, deserved, warranted, That is the whole point really.
So when I see people of faith and secular humanist backgrounds just torturing eachother here I don’t understand the disconnect. I have friends of diverse spiritual backgrounds. This isn’t what we do to eachother. Or others. It’s not a thing.
Agree. But we don't know the substance and context of the comment. It may have offended. It may have been based on fslse information. It might have been perfectly appropriate.
{@chrissieme] think there are certain topics that seem to draw strong disagreement and controversy . disangagreement can get heated and nasty which then can bring the hatred
@stratosranger i mean of course youre going to be spot on when you start talking about showing love and not hate, it's a universally understood feeling.
Speaking as a person who is neither a Christian nor an atheist, I've seen hatred from both sides. The hatred from the Christian side tends to be disguised as love.
