WindowWasher wrote:By taking care of it, they feel like they are doing something good.
Your post stated that like it was because of their unbelief in God that they behave this way. If you had stated what you did just now, it wouldn't have been nearly as offensive as your insinuation that atheists behave in ways that always stem from their lack of belief in God, which is essentially what you say when you remark that they worship the earth because they don't believe in God.
Someone can worship an idol without being aware that they are defying God. In an atheist's mind, there isn't anything to defy and there isn't a point of comparison for subjects of worship. A Christian knows--or if they should know, and probably will be shown somewhere down the line--that what they are doing is contrary to God's will; an atheist doesn't believe that there is a God whose will they are defying, so why would they worship the earth as an active means of rebellion against a God in Whom they do not believe?
WindowWasher wrote:Obviously not EVERY SINGLE atheist is like that
Then why did your post slap on labels? The phrase "atheist liberals do X" is inherently painting something with a broad brush, whether you know you didn't mean to label every member of the group of whom you speak or not. We cannot read your mind, and on the Internet, we can't read your body language or vocal tone. You need to tell us exactly what you mean if you want your points to be heard the way you mean them to be.
WindowWasher wrote:It's MY OPINION and OBSERVATION. Get over it!
Wow. You're typing in all caps and using exclamation points, making it look like you're yelling at me, and you claim that I need to calm down and get over something?
I'm not trying to be rude. I'm really not. What I'm trying to do is express that what you said was offensive and quite frankly juvenile. And that instead of addressing what you and I both said and responding to me maturely--and even if you disagreed, a mature response is always appreciated--you told me to get over myself and used the "it's my opinion" response as a means to "refute" me. That is language meant to obscure and cloud judgment, not to communicate. It's essentially a kind of debate doublespeak to tell me that arguing a point I considered justifiably unsound was just me "getting my knickers in a twist".
WindowWasher wrote:I don't have to be sinless to notice how other people act. Good grief.
I'm not telling you that you do. What I told you was that the way you expressed your observation was through an insulting, unfair generalization based on the way some people behave. I brought up Christians to say that it is not entirely a non-Christian thing. Your implication was "it's all the atheists' faults!", and my response to that was that Christians aren't perfect either.