Fundamentalist Atheism

[ScepticOrganism]

"I am hostile to religion because of what it did to Kurt Wise. And if it did that to a Harvard educated geologist, just think what it can do to others less gifted and less well armed."

I'm hostile towards people who do atrocious things in the name of religion or base their bigotry on the pretext of religious believes. I'm not hostile towards religion, since the majority of religious people just go about their business.

And I can only say what I'm always saying. Atheism isn't what I am. It doesn't define me. It's just the absence of belief in any god. My values have nothing to do with atheism but everything with the world as I see it. And that includes not making blanket statements about any group of people but judging them on an individual level.

Thats interesting! I tend to think the opposite ( sorta' )

I think that religion is the main culprit in vilifying, ever so insidiously, the minds of its followers. As to the matter of moderately religious individuals, yes they ( for the most part ) "just go about their business".

And by no means does the quote make blanket statements of individuals/groups. Religion in itself however, rightfully so in my opinion, deserves much criticism. The good parts about religions do no justify them. As the late Christopher Hitchens once said "If you claim it for the what, you have to accept it for the more".