Reply #34: I’m not sure what is the more revealing [View All]

The disingenuous misrepresentations of what was actually said
or the ignoring of the corrections as new misrepresentations are hastened on to.

“ distorted and false caricature of atheists”

No blanket statement or ‘false caricature‘ regarding atheists or atheism.
The criticism was directed at the specific behaviour of some representatives thereof.



“ We DON'T hate religion and everything associated with it”.

Some do and have made that quite clear and explicit.

“Your prejudices and knee-jerk reactions were wrong.”

A “knee-jerk reactions” generally indicates an instant and impulsive response.
I made no such response…I took a good deal of time and I asked questions of others to determine the origin of their pov. More often than not those questions
went unanswered.

“Just as I was wrong that your strong defense of Islam and the Quran…”

You are once more wrong in suggesting that there was any “strong defence of Islam”. Islam was not under attack, I raised Islam in a comparative religion context (Re Christianity) and did so with the impartiality of any Comparative Religion class or text.
I was immediately (knee-jerk) expected to “defend” the Quran and to do so literally.

“…was an indicator of being a believer…”.

There was no “indicator of being a believer” other than the subject (fruits of Islam) was being presented without negativity, prejudice, bias or apologetics.
And >that< sufficed for the “believer” assumption to be made (and continued) as those who made the assumption refused to answer pertinent questions regarding the origin of their pov.


“Of course when you aren't bashing and insulting others, labeling them with bogus terms..."

I shall place the evidence you provide of my “bashing and insulting others” along with the evidence you previously provided for- “Or will you continue on the mean & dirty path with personal slurs..” .

Should your substantiation rise above zero….I’ll get back to you on it.

"you might actually LEARN about them.”

That would be nice.
But in the past and at the moment I have only enough time to mop up the assumptions and misrepresentations projected upon my pov by others.

But I am learning a great deal about them in the process ;-)