Religion
In reply to the discussion: Is Atheism a Belief? [View all]beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)When atheists tell you over and over again that they don't have a belief and your response is 'nuh uh, you're wrong, you DO have a belief' that's defining our atheism.
A tolerant person wouldn't try to define other people's beliefs or lack of them because those beliefs or lack of beliefs make them uncomfortable. Anyone who claims to be religiously tolerant wouldn't insist on repeatedly telling others that they don't understand their own belief or lack of it.
Would you tell a Muslim they support pedophilia because Mohammad had a child bride? That's bigoted and offensive, right? Your post would probably be hidden and you might get banned because this site doesn't allow posters to use bigoted stereotypes.
And how would you like it if I claimed you were really an atheist? And no matter how much you protest I keep insisting that you are wrong, you don't REALLY believe in God? Would you be offended?
I would be called intolerant and rightly so. But for some reason some theists seem to think it's perfectly acceptable to tell atheists they have a belief even though they've been told repeatedly that's not true.
Yes your attempt to redefine my atheism is indeed intolerant. And the fact that you keep trying to do so after being told your definition of my atheism is wrong indicates you're deliberately trying to offend.