I'm the most tolerant atheist ever!

[IEC]

From a certain other OT thread:

Funny, because I've never met ONE atheist that has been intolerant... meanwhile my In-laws are religious nuts that we had to move out of the state to avoid... I have had 4 people knock on my door trying to convert me to their religion this year alone! I;ve never had a single problem when dealing with "atheists".

[Emphases added]

Hypocrisy at its finest :beer:

 

[fleshconsumed]

Without context I don't see any hypocrisy. Some people are religious nuts and sometimes there is no other way to solve the problem than to move as far away from them as possible.

 

[Rastus]

Originally posted by: ariafrost
From a certain other OT thread:

Funny, because I've never met ONE atheist that has been intolerant... meanwhile my In-laws are religious nuts that we had to move out of the state to avoid... I have had 4 people knock on my door trying to convert me to their religion this year alone! I;ve never had a single problem when dealing with "atheists".

[Emphases added]

Hypocrisy at its finest :beer:

Yup. But I'm an intolerant agnostic so what do I know.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Without context I don't see any hypocrisy. Some people are religious nuts and sometimes there is no other way to solve the problem than to move as far away from them as possible.

ditto. if the in-laws kept trying to convert the poster or worse condemning him/her, it would get annoying real fast no?

 

[mchammer]

3/10

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Without context I don't see any hypocrisy. Some people are religious nuts and sometimes there is no other way to solve the problem than to move as far away from them as possible.

Er... yes, but if he can't tolerate his annoying in-laws and their religious advances that would make him intolerant, no?

 

[BrownTown]

no, it wouldn't. You don't have to be willing to 'tolerate' everything in order to be considered tolerant. For example, being a tolerant person does NOT mean you have to tolerate murders, rapists, etc...

Sometimes calling someone a religious 'nut' is just stating a fact.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Without context I don't see any hypocrisy. Some people are religious nuts and sometimes there is no other way to solve the problem than to move as far away from them as possible.

Er... yes, but if he can't tolerate his annoying in-laws and their religious advances that would make him intolerant, no?

Precisely my point

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: ariafrost

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Without context I don't see any hypocrisy. Some people are religious nuts and sometimes there is no other way to solve the problem than to move as far away from them as possible.

Er... yes, but if he can't tolerate his annoying in-laws and their religious advances that would make him intolerant, no?

Precisely my point

should one be tolerant to harassment?? because that's what I would consider persistent, aggressive and possibly offensive conversion attempts to be.

 

[fleshconsumed]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Without context I don't see any hypocrisy. Some people are religious nuts and sometimes there is no other way to solve the problem than to move as far away from them as possible.

Er... yes, but if he can't tolerate his annoying in-laws and their religious advances that would make him intolerant, no?

Bold part highlighted. Like I said it depends on the context. One thing is in-laws gently nudging you into going to church every once in a while (like twice a year), planning a bible study in your house is another.

In general most of the atheists/agnostics don't try to push their values onto others, unlike the religious people who are much more suspectible into converting others.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Without context I don't see any hypocrisy. Some people are religious nuts and sometimes there is no other way to solve the problem than to move as far away from them as possible.

Er... yes, but if he can't tolerate his annoying in-laws and their religious advances that would make him intolerant, no?

Bold part highlighted. Like I said it depends on the context. One thing is in-laws gently nudging you into going to church every once in a while (like twice a year), planning a bible study in your house is another.

In general most of the atheists/agnostics don't try to push their values onto others, unlike the religious people who are much more suspectible into converting others.

Changed bolding to highlight the irony. Do people not understand that tolerant is a derivative of tolerate? Not saying the guy should have put up with his in-laws (and I'm sure there were other reasons he moved out of state), but I think the OP's point is going over people's heads.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: mugs
Changed bolding to highlight the irony. Do people not understand that tolerant is a derivative of tolerate? Not saying the guy should have put up with his in-laws (and I'm sure there were other reasons he moved out of state), but I think the OP's point is going over people's heads.

if the OP is interpreting tolerance in a black/white fashion jokingly, then that's fine with me. but if he/she is using that to try to discredit the quoted post then I don't think that works. I mean absolutely no one is tolerant if you look at things that way.

 

[fleshconsumed]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: fleshconsumed
Without context I don't see any hypocrisy. Some people are religious nuts and sometimes there is no other way to solve the problem than to move as far away from them as possible.

Er... yes, but if he can't tolerate his annoying in-laws and their religious advances that would make him intolerant, no?

Bold part highlighted. Like I said it depends on the context. One thing is in-laws gently nudging you into going to church every once in a while (like twice a year), planning a bible study in your house is another.

In general most of the atheists/agnostics don't try to push their values onto others, unlike the religious people who are much more suspectible into converting others.

Changed bolding to highlight the irony. Do people not understand that tolerant is a derivative of tolerate? Not saying the guy should have put up with his in-laws (and I'm sure there were other reasons he moved out of state), but I think the OP's point is going over people's heads.

Context, context context... There are reasonable limits to everything, once they are breached it's harassment as dighn said.

Just for the argument sake, suppose for example (a very grotesque one at that) someone's religion requires them to go around neighborhood and masturbate at each door (which is not all that different at what most religious people do).

Would you call yourself intolerant for not letting them to do so?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: mugs
Changed bolding to highlight the irony. Do people not understand that tolerant is a derivative of tolerate? Not saying the guy should have put up with his in-laws (and I'm sure there were other reasons he moved out of state), but I think the OP's point is going over people's heads.

if the OP is interpreting tolerance in a black/white fashion jokingly, then that's fine with me. but if he/she is using that to try to discredit the quoted post then I don't think that works. I mean absolutely no one is tolerant if you look at things that way.

Well, the guy is complaining about 4 people knocking on his door in a year... he doesn't sound very tolerant. He didn't give any details about his parents, so who knows what they did to offend him other than being religious.

 

[Coolone]

Seeing as how the people knocking at your door most likely didnt have a clue as to who you were before doing so, I would hardly call them intolerant for it. Its not even a proper description. As for the in-laws, I dont really know how hard they're pushing you, was that the reason alone that you moved to another state?

If your in-laws cant accept you for who you are, then they have issues. Tell them to butt out of YOUR marriage, and that if you ever plan on believing in a god, they'll know about it in due time.

 

[chrisrod01]

Do what my friend did a couple of years ago. Shoot all the people trying to convert you with a paintball gun . LOl it work no one comes to my neighborhood anymore

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: ariafrost
Topic Title: I'm the most tolerant atheist ever!

Topic Summary: Too bad all these "religious nuts" are driving me crazy!

The only reason I came into this thread was to point out that you're a liar, otherwise this thread wouldn't exist.

 

[JasonE4]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: mugs
Changed bolding to highlight the irony. Do people not understand that tolerant is a derivative of tolerate? Not saying the guy should have put up with his in-laws (and I'm sure there were other reasons he moved out of state), but I think the OP's point is going over people's heads.

if the OP is interpreting tolerance in a black/white fashion jokingly, then that's fine with me. but if he/she is using that to try to discredit the quoted post then I don't think that works. I mean absolutely no one is tolerant if you look at things that way.

Well, the guy is complaining about 4 people knocking on his door in a year... he doesn't sound very tolerant. He didn't give any details about his parents, so who knows what they did to offend him other than being religious.

Which is why there's absolutely no obvious hypocrisy in the OP.

 

[LikeLinus]

Atheist are retards. They are religious nuts in their own right. Pot meet Kettle.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: LikeLinus
Atheist are retards. They are religious nuts in their own right. Pot meet Kettle.

now you've done it....

 

[iamaelephant]

I met the most intolerant person today! I walked up to some random guy on the street and repeatedly punched him in the face, and the intolerant wanker hit me back! Intolerant moron couldn't even tolerate a repeated punch in the face.

 

[thepd7]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
I met the most intolerant person today! I walked up to some random guy on the street and repeatedly punched him in the face, and the intolerant wanker hit me back! Intolerant moron couldn't even tolerate a repeated punch in the face.

LOL point taken but you are completely wrong.

Imagine, if you will, a gay pride parade. Some people might pass out flyers or something, no? What if someone came refused a flyer and called them a "homosexual nut." You would most certainly not call that a tolerant person. Thats a much closer example that would match the OP's situation. I am not saying that gays go door to door or that they try to convert you but my example is a feasible situation.

 

[soydios]

"It's not God that I dislike. It's just His fan club I can't stand."

 

[s0ssos]

Originally posted by: thepd7

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
I met the most intolerant person today! I walked up to some random guy on the street and repeatedly punched him in the face, and the intolerant wanker hit me back! Intolerant moron couldn't even tolerate a repeated punch in the face.

LOL point taken but you are completely wrong.

Imagine, if you will, a gay pride parade. Some people might pass out flyers or something, no? What if someone came refused a flyer and called them a "homosexual nut." You would most certainly not call that a tolerant person. Thats a much closer example that would match the OP's situation. I am not saying that gays go door to door or that they try to convert you but my example is a feasible situation.

point's obviously not taken.
why is that not tolerant according to the definition of the people above?

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: ariafrost
From a certain other OT thread:

Funny, because I've never met ONE atheist that has been intolerant... meanwhile my In-laws are religious nuts that we had to move out of the state to avoid... I have had 4 people knock on my door trying to convert me to their religion this year alone! I;ve never had a single problem when dealing with "atheists".

[Emphases added]

Hypocrisy at its finest :beer:

You did notice that he never claimed to be an atheist in the section you quoted, right? He could be hindu for all you know!