Not in a mean and vicious way, but in a snarky, humorous way. I'm curious.
Yes, always, consistently. But they deserve it, I was told last year the garden of Eden had been found, archeologists had uncovered garden shapes ruins, fossils are fake put in place by satan. So I go along with it, if we evolved from monkeys, how come there are still monkeys, it takes millions of years to evolve and monkeys don't live that long. Many swallow it hook line and sinker.
No... I was taught not to bully, not take advantage of the handicapped. But behind their backs... among us... I guess they are Fair Game.
IF 'taunting' means earnestly trying to explain to them that their belief systems are erroneous and unfounded, then yes I'll admit that I do taunt them in some way.
But I see it more as my Human Duty to try to get them to see that Reality IS the only thing that we, as humans, have and that mythology/religion is really only a disguised version of escapism.
Only if they insist in engaging. If someone is generally interested in why I think the way I do I don't mind giving them my time. But I am very clear with them what I will not do. I have been asked to debate in their church, since they had apparently never met a mild mannered clean cut atheist (I know right!)
No I elieve in live and let live. As long as my feelings are receprecated. To me taunting would be a mute point. It's been my experience that you, or at I can't teach an d sog new tricks. Without knowing you better
I'll leave it at that!
The problem is it all kind of runs together. I start by doing it in fun. Then just kinda moves over. I just don't understand how people can believe in nonsense. Things we were told as children to scare us. To make us behave. Do I enjoy messing with religious people? Sometimes. But sometimes it is like trying to explain Calculus to a fish. They will just never get it. And there is no way to make them see.
I don't know if you would call it taunting, but I do debate ruthlessly! Lol
To be honest I don't know how to approach them as I really think they are truely misguided and sometimes stupid and unthinking. The smartest people can be religious. They are so into their belief that nothing you say can sway them, they have every hole covered with one reason or another explanation. I leave them, respect their right to believe what they want, as long as their belief system does not impinge upon my basic freedom of rights and live my life and believe what I want to believe.
No, just stay away from them. No problem with them if they don't encroach on us.
For me, it's open season on religitards. They usually end up giving up on me with ad hominem attacks which show them for what they are. The reason behind why I tangle with them is the lurkers. The ones with their mind half made-up. The ones looking to be convinced one way or the other.
I'll be disrespectful back to someone dishing it out, yet can hold my own with logic and common sense. What I like is making an open display of their belief when they don't have an ounce of evidence to back up their claims. Just recently I had a fundie say that god's murder of first-borns in Egypt was cool.
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...just a note.. I appreciate about everything you post ..but having worked with, thus advocated for ‘cognitively delayed’ or ‘retarded children,’ I find the term “religitard,” as well as the wrong-wing’s use of “libtard” offensive, as the base word is obviously ‘retard.’ ...I get it.. and appreciate your passion ..but have stopped short of giving you the thumbs up you most often deserve due to that one ‘word’
I really try not to, just like I don't want them telling me how sinful my lifestyle is. However, when it comes to pro-lifers who love the fetus and hate the baby, let them have it! I won't go out of my way to attack people's beliefs unless the believers feel that their beliefs somehow trump my human rights.