The Truth About Militant Atheism

[rwdeese]

When one reads all that is written by atheists, one will discover that just like other faith based religions, there are varies categories of atheism. It is one thing to hold to a belief that God does not exist, it is quite another thing to attack other faiths in order to justify this "non-belief" belief. There are atheists that merely ascribe to their "non-belief" belief, and there are atheists that actively attack all religions - this is militant. Militant: "engaged in warfare or combat" If attacking others is not engaged in warfare or combat, I do not know what is? Within the militant atheism, there seems to be categories as well.

1. Atheist: One who merely ascribes to there "non-belief" belief.
2. Militant Atheist (general): Hostile to religion, but only when asked about their belief.
2. Militant Atheist (conservative): Hostile to religion and lets everyone know that they are hostile to religion.
3. Militant Atheist (fundamentist): Hostile to religion to the point that they openly, and regularly attack religion at all levels. It is more than a mere disagreement with religion. In some cases it is anger and bitterness based. They are hostile towards anything that is relgious. They will promogate their faith every chance they get. They desire to undermine the faith of others in anyway they can.
4. Militant Atheist (extremist): Hostile to religion to the point that they openly, and regularly attack religion at all levels. It is more than a mere disagreement with religion. It is based on a hatred and a real desire to wipe out all forms of religious beliefs. These Militant Atheists tend to make a claim that other atheists do not - A. All religions are 100% false. B. Most religions are harmful. These kind of atheists are like the taliban. If they were given free reign, they would do their best to destroy everything that represents religious faith in society. They are usually very politically active with the hopes they will destroy anything faith based. This is the kind of atheism that Stalin practiced - in the past it has led to out and out persecution of religions and the killing of milli

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Sorry. I posted this in the wrong area. Moderators, could you please transfer this to the debate section. I apologize. Thank you.