Atheism-EN

Or more specifically:

"If you do not believe in God, so why write about it? Why write so much, spend so much effort and Latin with something you do not believe me? I do not believe in Father Christmas, but never create a blog to tell - of hundreds of different ways - that Santa Claus does not exist ... "

Having said so, the criticism seems to make sense, right?

The comparison that I can do in response, is illiteracy, or, more precisely, the fight against it. You (yes, you there) you're not, I think, really concerned about the issue of illiteracy in the country / world (although, unlike religion, probably not hesitate to say that reducing it is a good idea). Not affect you directly. You are not illiterate people around you will almost certainly also are not, and if you have kids of course want them to learn to read, but it is not a relevant issue. There is, in short, your concern. It's not something you ever think, unless you read or hear a rail related news.

However, despite your lack of this direct interest, I bet you did not challenge the legitimacy of the existence of an organization - or even a single person - dedicated to fighting illiteracy.

If you meet a person involved in a campaign to combat illiteracy, you will not get to laugh in her face, telling him "you have concern that silly! You already know how to read, why do you care about this issue? If you yourself are not illiterate, and illiteracy is that you can annoy or even care? "

The cause of combating illiteracy may not be yours (and do not have to be in any way), but not to criticize the other, I bet. That is certainly not going to write a blog or create a site or an organization to combat illiteracy ... almost certainly not going to read or participate in one of these site ... but you will not criticize the legitimacy of such a site or organization exists because not? If by chance you're one stop site of these, I bet you will not leave there a comment that the author is a nutcase / fanatic because, after all, already know how to read - what do you care that others do not know?

And besides, you will not (unless you are, sorry to say, an idiot) say that, as there are much bigger problems in the world that illiteracy is not a legitimate person to care for this problem and try to do something to solve it. The typical "for little children starving to death, and you would you mind it?!?" Is something absurdly arrogant. Is that you, nor I, nor anyone has the moral authority to tell another person: "This here is the biggest problem in the world, so it's stupid / immoral / whatever concern yourself with any other, while it exists."

Now, I think - this is another war, and I can be right or wrong, but one way or another that depends on the facts of reality - that religion is a much bigger problem in the world than illiteracy. I will not say here my reasons for thinking this (just read other posts), but the question is that I think. Hence I care the issue and want to do something.

This does not define me. It is not the "cause of my life" (after all, blogs have since at least 2004, and this only created in 2010), is not the most important thing in it. I have interests, concerns and "causes" that are most important to me than this. But do not tell me it is not legitimate to import me with this issue, and that doing so makes me a "fanatic", a "nutcase who spends his days telling the world that does not believe in the Easter Bunny," or the like.