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Derogatory words for "atheist" [View all]
I can't think of any. Maybe "heathen" but that is used for anyone who believes in something different.
As far as i can tell, most who want to curse non-believers just say "atheist".
Yes there is militant-atheist and fundamentalist-atheist, but those aren't about being any atheist, just an outspoken one. Like saying dumb-blonde.
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"Rabid" as a modifer for atheist used to be popular but seems to have fallen out of fashion..
Fumesucker
Apr 2015
#10
Well, quinton, if you disagree with something I've said, why don't you just post it here?
rug
Apr 2015
#23
Do you have a link or verifiable quote of Dawkins describing himself as an anti-theist?
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2015
#51
Me either. I have always seen him qualify the question around the lack of absolute certainty.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2015
#56
Still waiting for a quote where he identifies himself as an anti-theist.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2015
#63
It's totally relevant. Is there some reason that you don't want him identified as
cbayer
Apr 2015
#81
He most certainly is, GM, using the new standard cbayer has decreed should be applied.
trotsky
Apr 2015
#88
Nice non-apology you've got there. Shame if something were to happen to it.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2015
#112
It is well established that he is anti-relgion. If you need a quote with that particular term, I
cbayer
Apr 2015
#80
I can't disagree, but wherever it comes from, there is clearly a branding problem.
cbayer
Apr 2015
#49