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Originally Posted by speedfreak
Arent you reading a bit too much in to it?
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I don't think so - can you "read too much" into God or atheism? Atheists do not believe in God(s) therefore it follows - by logical extension -that they would pay no heed, whatsoever, much less take offence at anything to anyone purporting to be a spokesperson or represenrtative of any such deity here on earth might say.
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Originally Posted by speedfreak
Sirius explained his reasoning behind what he said,
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No, actually, he didn't. He used an out of context assertion as an excuse to level an attack on christianity as a whole.
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Originally Posted by speedfreak
he didnt like being referred to as a Nazi just for being an Atheist
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But he wasn't compared to a nazi for being an athiest. The pope made the analogy in relation to "atheist
extremism". Given the offence taken by Sirius in relation to the comment and who it was made by one would be hard pushed, in light of my observations above, to accept that Sirius is, in the conventional sense, an atheist let alone an
extreme atheist.
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Originally Posted by speedfreak
so he made the paedophilia comment in the same way the Nazi comment was made
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He didn't. He may have intended to but he didn't. The "atheist
extremism" is aimed at extremists, not athiests in general per se. Sirius's comment was aimed at "christians" in general and not specifically catholics.