[ SECRET POST #2598 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2598 ⌋

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Comments

Re: I am Euphoric...

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I think the difference is that "I don't". It comes across to me as "This is my opinion", so it feels less harsh than a flat "God does not exist".

"God does not exist" can get interpreted as having an unspoken "-and that makes you an idiot for believing He does" attached to it.

But on a whole, the issue of what ends up an insult in unclear comments like these is both the discernible intent (which is a lot more apparent in face-to-face conversations than in text-based online discussion) and how the listener/reader interprets it.

As for "God loves you" and "there is no god", at least with the first one, it can be seen as being meant as a nice thing.
The latter... is a tricky issue. Maybe in academic discussion I can pass it off as just one of those things, but if someone told me to my face "There is no God" I would feel insulted because it would seem like they are saying something against my belief in God.

I would not go up to a Hindu and tell them "There is no Shiva", because I know that's an insult, because I know how someone telling me "There is no God" would feel for me.