Yikes. I only made it two paragraphs in - perhaps I'll finish it later out of sick curiosity - but it's so much worse than you'd expect, actually.
I was expecting generic communist gobbledygook, instead I got ThatHappened-level 'I hate God' gobbledygook.
Also...just fucking lazy. 'If evil exists, how can God?' Really? Is that the best you got?
I don't care if people believe in God or not. I think atheists are wrong, but I bear them no ill will. Now...smug, retarded atheists? Those insufferable bastards can fuck right off, the obnoxious pricks.
EDIT: Oh, and sick fucks advocating atheism for nasty reasons are worse than even the most insufferable atheist.
I can rarely get through a New Yorker article, just because of how much sheer fluff there is in the long lead up to "getting to the point". And the overall writing style.
I did note that the article leads up with a classically more extreme example, someone who grew up with Evangelical parents.
Regarding smugness and atheism. From my own experience, this sort of comes hand in hand with younger people, when they're still a little angry and rebellious, usually towards their parents. Some will cool off after a while and gain a more balanced and sober minded perspective while others just continue to obsess over it like self indulgent brats.
Yikes. I only made it two paragraphs in - perhaps I'll finish it later out of sick curiosity - but it's so much worse than you'd expect, actually.
I was expecting generic communist gobbledygook, instead I got ThatHappened-level 'I hate God' gobbledygook.
Also...just fucking lazy. 'If evil exists, how can God?' Really? Is that the best you got?
I don't care if people believe in God or not. I think atheists are wrong, but I bear them no ill will. Now...smug, retarded atheists? Those insufferable bastards can fuck right off, the obnoxious pricks.
EDIT: Oh, and sick fucks advocating atheism for nasty reasons are worse than even the most insufferable atheist.
I can rarely get through a New Yorker article, just because of how much sheer fluff there is in the long lead up to "getting to the point". And the overall writing style.
I did note that the article leads up with a classically more extreme example, someone who grew up with Evangelical parents.
Regarding smugness and atheism. From my own experience, this sort of comes hand in hand with younger people, when they're still a little angry and rebellious, usually towards their parents. Some will cool off after a while and gain a more balanced and sober minded perspective while others just continue to obsess over it like self indulgent brats.