Why Theists Think We Are Arrogant

How about this for the second bullet:

-That makes me believe you are convinced you’re right and I am wrong

It just dawned on me that the believer is convinced he’s right through group assurance, and the atheist positions that he’s right based on evidence. So, the judgment of right and wrong comes from a difference in standards for accepting what is true: consensus or proof.

Boiled down further… and starting over, the chain looks like this:

We disagree
That makes you think I’m wrong
That makes you think you are smarter than me
You being smarter than me requires greater capability then I have
That makes you arrogant

P.S. The evidence standard’s validity tends to erode the consensus standard’s validity. For example, it is accepted that the Earth is not the center of the solar system: a position once held by the majority by consensus (albeit forced by dogma).

Thoughts?

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