Understanding atheist

[Terry_Sampson]

Continuing the discussion from Understanding atheist perspective:

@Roy

Saying atheists ‘lack belief in God’ shows an inability to empathise with atheists or to understand their point of view.

• If I actually believed that God or Jesus would send me to Hell for eternity for failing to empathize with every atheist—or even one atheist—I might try harder.
• But since I don’t care whether an atheist believes in my God, some other god, or no god whatsoever, I see no particular reason to put “empathizing with atheists” on my current to-do list.
• Besides, since when does accurately describing someone’s lack of belief demonstrate an inability to understand or empathize with that person?
• If you’re looking for empathy, maybe Shawn T. Murphy can help?

[Roy (Roy (Listener twice correct))]

@Terry_Sampson

Continuing the discussion from Understanding atheist perspective:

@Roy

Saying atheists ‘lack belief in God’ shows an inability to empathise with atheists or to understand their point of view.

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• Besides, since when does accurately describing someone’s lack of belief demonstrate an inability to understand or empathize with that person?

It’s not an accurate description. That’s the problem I was highlighting.

[Terry_Sampson]

@Roy

It’s not an accurate description.

I got that part. But to paraphrase Ron Reagan’s FFRF’s ad: “I’m a life-long theist, not afraid of burning in hell”, and I still don’t care.