Yeah but so were the people who presumed they were saving random people from going to hell, so it was a good counterbalance. I don’t think all people can be reasoned with, some people have to be cowed by getting “owned” to refrain from loudly espousing a toxic belief, so Reddit atheists’ smugness and vitriol was a good way to shame annoying religious people out of proselytizing too much.
Yeah but so were the people who presumed they were saving random people from going to hell, so it was a good counterbalance. I don’t think all people can be reasoned with, some people have to be cowed by getting “owned” to refrain from loudly espousing a toxic belief, so Reddit atheists’ smugness and vitriol was a good way to shame annoying religious people out of proselytizing too much.