I try and keep an open mind toward people of all faiths, knowing there is always something to be learned from all people. I'd be ignorant to say i know everything. I'm not Mensa material.
So this blog is brought to you by a recent twitter conversation i had with an atheist. I posed the question "why are some atheists violently against a god they don't believe exists?" An honest question. I got a few replies saying that not all atheists are violent, and then I got one that said basically that science couldn't prove the existence of a deity. i thanked him and then he basically picked a fight with me. Seriously!! Two days later I'm emotionally exhausted from dealing with that and then also dealing with the teenagers i'm watching at the moment. I wasn't attacking him in his beliefs, but he was attacking mine. Why?
So i blocked him. But these emotions will leave scars because of how he portrayed atheists.
Often times, the few taint the image of the many so that the few become the stereotype. Not all muslims are anti America. Not all christians are anti-everything. Not all atheists are anti-religion. But those who are have tainted the world view of onlookers who think all are.
stereotypes are stupid. Often they are the exceptions, and not the rule, yet all blondes are now dumb, all aggies are now stupid.... Maybe Avenue Q is right? "We're all a little bit racist."
