Hi ShoeshineBoy, You raise an interesting point. I am not sure though about your materialist category. I seem to understand that Jews, Christians, deists, true agnostics are not included. Atheists, would these be materialists? Thank you for clarifying. nononsense
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Turoks post was damn funny. Theists ARE the most arrogant people on earth. I love it when they tell me all these things about myself. I KNOW your just an atheist because its a backlash of your religious upbringing... blah blah I KNOW your going to hell. *I* am one of gods chosen people. You P.O.S. infidel! Lmaoooooooooo..... pretty damn funny listening to Shoe talk about arrogant atheists But to address the main question. Atheists are NOT any more arrogant than theists SHOE. This is simply a perception based on YOU being a theist. Atheists, or more generally, materialists, tend to be the one group that is DIRECTLY opposed to ALL supernatural belief systems including theistic belief systems. They are the ONE group you will bump heads with 180 degrees the MOST. If you talk to a new ager....you are BOTH supernaturalists. If you talk to a mormon... you are BOTH supernaturalists. Just about ANY other group you talk to, YOU HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH. You are simply sub-sets of the same supernatural super set of belief systems. But materialists/atheists, you are directly opposed to. Where does this get you??? Into a HEATED argument...and sooner or later... someone starts name calling, and its NOT always the atheist/materialist that starts the name calling. As a theist... of course your gonna notice that materialists name call more often. But its because YOU supernaturalists name call as well on the other side of the debate line. Supernaturalists versus materialists create the most heated debates. Simple as that. But the arrogance and name calling does NOT belong to one group. peace axeman