Thread:User talk:Nebuchadnezzar/"better than"

I was reading a post on anti-islam and/or anti theism, and the anti-islam (pro rational) guy had summarized and simplified Islam into "Islam is what is found in the Qu'ran, and that is what I was attacking. If you are Islamic, you believe this, and it's not scientific" or some such.

I'm truly bothered by the idea of re scripting religion, or really any ideology (conservatism via the CPs of the world, as example) then attacking that strawman. And the reason it bothers me is actually cause to me it seems like these people are getting their self-value from being "better" than others. "god, you are so stupid cause you believe in a god".

I fully get why we attack pseudo-science, or bad medicine, or even political lies. those deserve to be stricken from available options. But I don't get why anyone cares if an unkonwn woman (who can afford it and has no serious medical issues), buys a bracelet of magnets to make her mood feel better or reads tarot cards. why does it make these people feel bigger/better to point out other people's "stupidty".