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In reply to the discussion: Chapel hill shooter was a 'militant atheist' who fantasised that religion would 'go away'. [View all]Pacifist Patriot
(24,785 posts)It really makes no sense when describing the noun 'atheist.'
"Fundamentalism is a movement to recapture an ideological "purity" within a religion, that supposedly has been lost by mainstream adherents of the religion at large. Fundamentalists often assert the primacy of their own idiosyncratic interpretation of religious texts over centuries of acquired knowledge and practice."
Considering atheism is neither a religion, nor does it have any texts requiring interpretation, your phrase is meaningless.
I also think the use of the word 'militant' is over-used and erroneously at that.
If you want to describe rude atheists who assert opinions you think they should keep to themselves, then just call them assholes. Using modifiers gives the impression that there is some sort of orthodox way of thinking or being for atheists. And there most definitely is not.