This is true, this does happen people often do get confused and try to get or maintain their self-worth by putting others down. That's why you hear skeptics giggling about "idiots," as though they're never idiots and Christians tsk-tsking about others going to Hell, etc.
However, there are people that tell other people why using certain substances in excess or in certain ways is dangerous. They're not doing that to put others down primarily, although some do forget that sometimes.
I tell people they don't need god(s) because they don't have to put themselves down. Believing in god(s) is the result of the same confusion of self-worth that putting others down is. They are afraid of reality in some way, so they need to create a fantasy life in order to get self-worth. You hear it all the time, and we've heard it in response to some of my posts. "What if this is all there is?" "My life would be meaningless if there were no god(s)."
It's okay, people. You don't need that. You want it, fine. But don't ask me to tell you that it's a reasonable thing to do.
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Originally posted by Waychel,
We also have an inclination towards finding others who do not share the same beliefs as we do to be of some inferiority, or worthy of pity in the form of "conversion" or "enlightenment". This is the case not only with religious groups such as Christians, but those with non-beliefs, such as Atheists.
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