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Hammer Anger
My fellow Atheists, why do we tend to blame the hammer and not the carpenter?
If we are nailing some wood to a post and hit our finger, what good does it do to blame the hammer?
I'm using this metaphor to point out the problem with how we deal with religion. A hammer can be used to build or it can be used to break but it's not the hammer's fault which path it's used for. I am an atheist but I believe our anger is misguided. The problem isn't religion. The problem is how the religious use religion. We have to stop blaming the hammer and start taking to task the bad carpenters.
Theists (carpenters), you're also to blame for not firing the bad carpenters from your union. Take pride in your trade but don't try to build things for people who don't need things built for them (stop trying to convert us! We know how to build things by ourselves).
All thoughts are welcome.
You can blame whatever you want and it's still misguided to blame something which you think does not exist. It's also misguided to presume to have a say in what religions do. Your freedom of religion comes from the same place as our freedom of religion.
Edit (Canadian atheist): I have a difficult time viewing a Christian as capable of posting a question saying to "blame the carpenter." So if the asker is a troll, he's pretty good.
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