Reply #57: Do you understand [View All]

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all of the different beliefs that various denominations of Christians believe? Or the difference in beliefs between Sunnis and Shias?

Do you assume that people in certain groups think that God is an old man in the sky?

I wonder how many atheists assume that all religious people are irrational. Some religious people think that they are quite rational and would be mightily offended at someone saying that they are not.


There may be some willful ignorance involved. You - and most of us - may not want to keep track of everyone's various belief systems.

I think that there is also some arrogance involved by people who want to think that they are more rational, more respectful, and more tolerant of others than others are - when maybe they are not. Or at least they are not all of those things.