I cannot honestly say that I hate you or that I hate Dan.
I guess this speaks volumes. If I were talking about you or other fundies I would state this.
Theodoric writes:
I can honestly say I do not hate you or other fundies
I guess that is the difference between an atheist world view and a fundie world view. How are you different than Islamic fundies who preach hate?
Watch people in a grocery store approach the lottery scratch ticket machine. You will observe, as have I and others, that they quite literally bow to the machine as they reach down to pick up their purchase of a scrap of dreams.
I don't doubt this. I would bet the vast majority, if not all, are professed christians, not the atheist that you accuse of doing this.
which would be problematic if reality were in fact a higher concept than belief.
You really need to get a grip on reality. Belief doesn't seem to have helped with your addiction issues. Maybe facing reality will. I don't remember the specifics but a governor once said when increasing education funding that they had already tried ignorance and it didn't work. I see something similar with you.
By the way, I have stated before that I do not like Theodoric very much. This is true. I do embrace love more than hate, however.
You embrace love toward those that fit your worldview. As you have stated you can hate those of us that threaten that world view. Why is that? Honestly, I think you are a pompous fool but I can think that and still like you. The idea of hating you in any way is impossible for me to even conceive.
Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.