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Originally Posted by photon
Sure, but the question is is it actually correct to group a set of people in the first place to have the light cast on? Or is the grouping only in the eye of the person doing the grouping. Christians are a self professed group with common values and beliefs, and if one does something that goes against one of those beliefs it can cast a bad light on the rest.
Atheists aren't a self professed group though. So really the only action that could legitimately cast a bad light on atheists as a group would be to believe in god lol. Or do something bad in the name of not having a belief in god I guess. Otherwise if an atheist is being a jerk, it makes as much sense to group him to together with other atheists and say they're casting a bad light on atheists as it does to group everyone in a thread that doesn't have a beard and say they're casting a bad light on the beardless.
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Well Christians primarily have the same common values and
some similar beliefs but we both know that it varies hence the numerous denominations. With atheism yes there is the common belief in no existence of God but each Athiest's values can differ (ie: an Athiest who does not see inherent threat in someone who is religious versus someone who does perceive a threat which is the point I've tried to make previously).