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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
I have, however, noticed that theists tend to get much more emotional, in their arguments, than do atheists. I find myself wondering why. I mean, if I'm wrong...then all I have to answer to is a god that I don't believe in...right? Why do theists care so much about what I believe, or don't believe. Certainly my lack of belief takes nothing from your belief. Right? Or, perhaps I'm missing something.
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I think it probably has more to do with the casual arrogance and overstated sense of superiority that often accompanies atheist statements about atheism. It ain't in all of them, but it exists in varying degrees in many of them, you know, like equating belief in the unverifiable with a willingness to drive over bridges that don't exist.
It usually involves some sort of statement alluding to the irrationality, or folly, of believing in something that isn't verifiable, as if the person making the statement has completely verified every idea that they've ever subscribed to. It's usually nothing more than an overly complex rationalization of why the way the atheist sees the world is fundamentally superior than the way any nonatheist sees the world, in spite of the fact that cultivating a preference for a particular way of looking at the world is a decidedly arbitrary endeavor. As if standards of proof were a new and important way of competing with your fellow human being.
Some sort of variation of, "I favor verification to a greater degree than you, you are of lesser mental capabilities than i am."
At least these are the types of sentiments that annoy me. I'm not really a theist, though.