tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post1379181657278310745..comments2024-03-20T03:33:22.357-07:00Comments on Skeptophilia: Hallmark, censorship, and the culture of persecutionGordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-40181475456570976192014-04-16T03:40:31.912-07:002014-04-16T03:40:31.912-07:00Each time, censors erred not because they were try...<i>Each time, censors erred not because they were trying to offend, but because they evidently knew that these people have the sensibilities of petulant children. </i><br /><br />That's pretty much it; it's the developmental level at which they're operating.<br /><br /><i>"14% atheists in the US, and 71% Christians, and for some reason we're letting the atheists run the show!"</i><br /><br />Yep - because without their collective victimization myth, they've got nothing. It's the glue that holds together their psychotic subculture.Jeff Eygeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967707883565162538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-36646527712859235192014-04-16T00:05:17.319-07:002014-04-16T00:05:17.319-07:00Good points you make and good questions you ask, G...Good points you make and good questions you ask, Gordon. <br />I just read the latest post at atheistoasis.wordpress.com which deals with the massive persecution complex embedded in certain religions and other mythical beliefs.<br />I feel quite lucky when I read some of the comments there from atheists who can almost smell the bias against them in their own societies, because religion is only very rarely raised as a subject of discussion when I mix with other citizens in my suburb or in fact most of the city.<br />The lack of connection between government and fundamental religions in these parts shows benefits to the extent that I would not live anywhere else, except on long holiday or an extensive partying program.<br />The victims are the rational conclusions that are often ignored by devout believers.Woodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16756590870917752187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-70827543102198502252014-04-15T05:24:03.280-07:002014-04-15T05:24:03.280-07:00I think you mean, "[beep] if you do, [beep] i...I think you mean, "[beep] if you do, [beep] if you don't."Tyler Torkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460706772136362593noreply@blogger.com