tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237013510406351701.post5157755052250199360..comments2023-12-27T16:39:40.424+11:00Comments on Ecstathy: Are atheists "kids"?Efriquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08526031804261484547noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237013510406351701.post-3531222941278558482011-11-26T16:47:56.596+11:002011-11-26T16:47:56.596+11:00Yep, condescension indeed.
It's usually the o...Yep, condescension indeed.<br /><br />It's usually the opening gambit in a 'just a phase' line of argument (especially from parents to kids - even when they're adults), like we'll all somehow get over our juvenile lack of belief in their invisible friend when we grow up.<br /><br />Now, it's true - there are quite a few young atheists on r/atheism - because reddit as a whole is pretty young; it's the demographics of the internet itself.<br /><br />And sure, they're often noisy and raucous, and uncouth and some of them still have a couple of things to learn. <br /><br />In other words, they're *the best thing ever*. <br /><br />The condescension stinks; it's lazy argument, because they don't have better. It's also not true - the figures on changes in belief within cohorts suggest pretty clearly that the large majority of these teen atheists will be middle aged atheists in a few decades.<br /><br />Generally speaking the young atheists are smart as whips, and curious and inventive and funny. <br /><br />I love the young atheists we do have to bits, they're fucking great.<br /><br />They don't need condescension, their parents should cherish *every last moment with them*.<br /><br />Parents - if your kids think just as you do, you didn't get parenting at all. <br /><br />Your kids can't be the *you* you wish you were, they can only try to be the *them* they wish *they* were.Efriquenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237013510406351701.post-61351032207574707362011-11-22T21:38:13.640+11:002011-11-22T21:38:13.640+11:00we're 'angry 13 year olds'
Don't ...<i>we're 'angry 13 year olds'</i><br /><br />Don't you love the hollow sound of condescension?<br /><br />I don't for a moment pretend there aren't condescending attitudes in the other direction, but when I read things like that, it's the first thing I normally assume is at the bottom of them.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.com