On Labels & Sports
On Labels Theists and atheists are primed to dislike each other. It�s a function of the labels. Whenever people create an in-group/out-group dynamic we progressively identify more with the in-group and consider the out-group the enemy. It seems to be human nature--whether you think that nature is due to the fall of man or selective pressure. I am an atheist, I�m not denying that, but I�m tired of it opening the door of generalization. I probably don�t possess whichever negative qualities someone draws from whichever other atheist they happen to dislike the most. I�m an individual. So are you. So is that Christian. So is that Muslim. Now I�m buried in labels--secularist, naturalist, materialist, evolutionist, New Atheist, Darwinist, humanist, skeptic, whatever. I honestly don�t know if there are distinctions any more or which really do apply. On Sports People's obsession with this or that sports team relies on one of two factors the vast majority of the time. You root for team ...