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Related: About this forumHow a French Atheist Becomes a Theologian
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/november/how-french-atheist-becomes-theologian.html...just a teaser. To read the entire article from Christianity Today, click the link above. Or not. Up to you.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)MineralMan
(146,333 posts)Probably not, though. It's not an uncommon name, Guillaume. I happened onto that link while searching for a topic related to Calvinism, earlier today. I can't imagine that a rather erudite author of a couple of theological books would bother with us on DU, frankly. Just a coincidence, I'm pretty sure. A funny one, though.
SCantiGOP
(13,874 posts)Guillaume is French for William.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)I'm thinking it's the wine. Or the absinthe.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Really, I do.
But it was an interesting article, especially the repetition and acknowledgment of various seemingly popular memes among some atheists.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)That sex outside of marriage is a perfectly acceptable human activity? Because he dedicated a lot more copy to his sex life than he did his atheism.
Or at least I think he did. Difficult to tell, seeing as I can't read.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)The post at the bottom of this thread.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)Or are they Christian memes about atheists? Inquiring minds want to know.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)I would call them atheist memes. And I have read similar condescending things from some here who identify as atheist. Does that make them universal among atheists? Not in my opinion. If 10 atheists tell me that they feel that theists are unintelligent, that tells me nothing about the 11th atheist, or any specific atheist.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)I guess.
Voltaire2
(13,193 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)I found this to be an interesting bit of reflection:
So, intelligent people do not believe. Except, of course, for all of the smart people who do so believe. The first example of atheistic condescension.
And then I read this:
Another example. An example that is seen often here in the posts of some who condemn Christians for intolerance even as they constantly demonstrate their own intolerance.