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In reply to the discussion: Meet an atheist ... who believes in God [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)And there is a ton of confirmation bias going on here which is reinforced by the group you most closely identify with.
A militant anti-atheist would be someone who believes that atheists are amoral, evil, soulless and that atheism should be eliminated or punished. A militant anti-atheist would hold all atheists responsible for the behavior of some of them and call them apologists or worse.
Dawkins describes himself as a militant anti-theist. Did you not now that? I didn't choose those words, and, FWIW, I don't find him particularly militant. But he is clearly an anti-theist. He wears t-shirts that say "Religion - Together We Can Find a Cure". Would it be ok if someone wore a t-shirt saying "Atheism - Together We Can Find a Cure".
You have shown repeatedly that have decided what I am without really ever engaging with me in a meaningful way. I don't expect that to change, as it would disrupt your narrative.
I have never disputed that fact that their are religious militants who cause great harm and fully recognize that what they do is much worse than any militant anti-theist. But I'm not really interested in who is worse.
The fact is that there are a significant number of anti-theists who frequent this site, but very, very few anti-atheists. It is not an accurate representation of our society as a whole or the liberal/progressive population in general, but that's the way it is.