I’m an atheist, but that doesn’t make me a bad person or a failure.
Twice so far today, I’ve read comments made by Christians directed at non-believers stating their belief in non-believers’ inherent lack of value in our society. One statement basically argued that all non-believers are all corrupt, self-serving beings who can only be destructive forces (and that Christians, of course, are not.) Another stated that no matter how upright, successful, and happy non-believers are—even when they have a demonstrated history of positive contributions to their families and communities—they are still “complete and utter failures.”
The only virtue or merit by which people should be judged or valued, according to these people, are the religious beliefs a person ascribes to.
It’s such an unbelievably arrogant, judgmental, and self-righteous way of viewing the world and everyone who happens to live or think differently from you. And then you wonder why people who don’t agree with you don’t want to embrace you and your ideas? Why they even go so far as to respond to you with hostility and coldness?
Unbelievable.
And, no, this isn’t directed at all Christians. Most I know do not have this sort of superiority complex. Still. Many, many do and many, many church leaders encourage their members to think and act like this. It is a profoundly ugly way to go around viewing the rest of humanity.
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