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Religious Kid Gloves

Posted on March 11th, 2011 by Staks

Once again we come to the conversation about how critical atheists should be when criticizing religion with the religious. It seems that some atheists think I should be more respectful of the religious and realize that they sometimes feel personally attacked when their beliefs are criticized. I realize this, but that doesn’t mean that I have to accept it and wear my religious kid gloves when talking to them.

Religious people aren’t children. They are adults with all the reasoning potential as non-theists. So why should we treat them like children and handhold them through discussions. I am sorry they feel personally attacked by any criticism of their religious beliefs, but that isn’t going to stop me from criticizing their religious beliefs. They are just going to have to grow up and act like the adults they are.

Religious people have to stop whining line children whenever their religious beliefs get criticized. I’m an adult so when I discuss religion with another adult, I expect to have an adult conversation. Having the conversation any other way should quite honestly be insulting to the religious person. They should be happy that we are treating them like rational adults rather than the emotionally stunted children they often act like when they whine about being personally insulted by harsh criticisms of their ridiculous religious beliefs.

The kid gloves are off!