Yes, although experientially, I know atheists whom I don't engage with bc of their proselytizing. OTOH, for 18 mos, I worked with devout Christians on the assisted suicide issue. No attempts to convert me. Logically you're right, but real-life experiences shape opinions.
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Replying to @ireneogrizek
Which would be a point that people can try passionately to persuade people of worldviews which aren't religious. If Peterson was said to have made that point, I would agree with him. He was said to have made a different claim tho which I don't agree with.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @ireneogrizek
Disagreeing with him on one point to do with atheism and religion does not indicate that I disagree with every point ever made about atheism and religion. I genuinely just disagree with the one he (was said to have) made.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Yes, I understand. I was commenting on a phenomenon that sits uneasily--although perhaps logically--with my idea of atheism as a either a worldview (or part of 1). Atheists often believe that religious conversion practices are wrong or dangerous. That's the connection I'm making.
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Replying to @ireneogrizek
Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Helen Pluckrose
I said this about that: https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/674915375616761856 … But yes, if an atheist believes that it is wrong to try to persuade other people of your own worldview & then they try to persuade other people of theirs this would be wrong. I'd disagree with them, ofc. Arguments are how we advance
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Fair enough. It's just that this thinking often comes with unhelpful insults, mostly issuing from the atheist camp, i.e., the term "god-botherer," which doesn't sound persuasive to me. BTW, I do think you're logically correct. I'm thinking of the behaviour of the atheists I know.
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Replying to @ireneogrizek
I know Irene but this bears no relation to what Peterson actually said. If he'd said 'Some atheists have shitty and inconsistent attitudes' I'd have agreed with him.
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Replying to @ireneogrizek
Sorry if I was sharp. I am being descended on by dozens of people determined to miss the point.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Yes. Sorry if I caused that. It wasn't my intention. Sometimes I wish Twitter was more private.
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Not at all. Criticising Peterson tends to bring out a lot of very twisty people. (Not meaning you)
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