Let's get this religion thing sorted...

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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??[/b]

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 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:

You say you want to undermine it, but with every other sentence all I'm reading is high praise and how all of us non-religious folk should jump on your band wagon because you got it all figured out. Promoting the guidance of priests and praising the common unity of religious douchebags is NOT "undermining" - I don't care how much you pretend it is. I still say you are a misguided and possibly delusional wannabe atheist who only now is playing the martyr by saying things like, "thanks for being nice to me" ... as if the treatment you are currently receiving is not your fault. It is.

As for the lurking ... there is absolutely nothing wrong with lurking. In fact, several of us would really prefer that you in particular consider the practice of lurking. That email was sent to hopefully spur some interest from members who may have signed up and possibly forgot their original interest in these forums. The interaction from you IS the intent of the email ... the A-hole behavior, which admittedly, you have curtailed a bit, is not.

You want to undermine religion ... I'm all for it, but why don't your try doing it without selling it at the same exact time. It's confusing and more than a bit annoying.