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Why, is something specific scheduled to happen in 5-10 years?

Also, I'm not sure why I should consider myself "acting in accord with divine or moral law". I've never done even that, much less have I been "convinced of [my] own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others". That would seem utterly pointless.

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Responds to accusations of self-righteousness via a self-righteous pedantic critique. Too bad you can’t use the clown emoji on HN ;)

> self-righteous

Again, I'm not even striving to be "acting in accord with divine or moral law". So, no.

Wouldn’t self-righteous for an atheist be more like ‘acting in accordance with my personal moral law’?

Or maybe more acting like your own personal morals are superior to everyone elses.

Maybe, but "my personal moral law" doesn't even come into play here, so I don't see how it could be possibly relevant. The topic is not a morality question so it's a category error.

Perhaps “arrogance” was a better word for the OP to let you to chew on? Can you vet that definition for us too?

Perhaps it was. At the very least it wouldn't have been a blatant category error in the first place.

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