Let's get this religion thing sorted...

[Godnose]

...His general motto on all of his threads seems to be: "Atheists should take tips from the church because they have it all figured out. They are providing something that the public truly needs."

That should be "wants" not "needs". If I said "needs" then that was an error and I regret it. Sure it wasn't "think they need" or something? Whatever, if they didn't want it they wouldn't do it. Round my way they are flocking to it!

What kind of atheist promotes and even praises the actions of the church to a point that it feels like he's actually trying to sell it to other atheists as a template to be followed??

I'm not trying to sell it at all, what I want is to undermine it. To be frank, your attitude isn't having much success that I can see. Seems to me that religion is going from strength to strength, even more so in the States than here in the UK. And it's rife here.

I find this sentiment to be truly disgusting considering the atrocities that religion has brought upon this planet.

And continues to bring. What are YOU doing about it then?

Furthermore, as Shell B and yourself have pointed out multiple times, there are many social outlets where one can meet up weekly to mire them self in group interaction if so desired.

Yeah - mostly provided or dependent upon a church of one kind or another!

As I pointed out in an earlier post ... the whole idea is a broken record and I for one, would love to see him discuss something else or return to lurking in the corners.

I never lurked pal. Yup, I joined a while back, had a quick look round, saw it looked like the usual confrontational BS as on most fora, and forgot about it. Then a few weeks ago someone emailed me and said they were "puzzled" I had not posted, and urged me to do so. So I did. hang on - I'll just get the email... yup here it is:

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To: godnose@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: A quick reminder from Atheist Forums!
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Only, like I told thesummerqueen, I don't do laying low and came steaming in like a - well, I dunno what it was like. A steamer? Anyway I just can't do sidling up to people or chat up lines or stuff like that. Me, I know what I'm about and if it's too much for you all then you'll get me kicked out. Simple as that.

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Seriously when people harp on about atheists being "militant" or "evangelistic", often these are same people are very evangelistic when it comes to their particular faith.

This is relevant how exactly?