On Idolaters and Angry Atheists: An Observation

Just as one who cleans toilets makes fun of the people who pinch their noses when he happens to be near them, because he has himself been in that filth so long that he does not notice that awful stench anymore; so those who worship images and have by this habit become so hardened to that filth think that they are among the roses, and make fun of those who are bothered by the stench they themselves no longer notice.  –  John Calvin

Adjusting this just a bit in terms of angry atheism, we get

Just as one who cleans toilets makes fun of the people who pinch their noses when he happens to be near them, because he has himself been in that filth so long that he does not notice that awful stench anymore; so the angry atheist  has, by his senseless habit of  disbelief, become so hardened to that filth of disbelief he actually thinks that he is among the roses, and so he makes fun of those who are bothered by the stench he himself no longer notices.

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