Admitting You're a Sinner

[The Valkyrie]

Atheism . I'm unconvinced of god 

Agnosticism - I'm not 100% certain no god exist

Could be the same though. The first is unconvinced but not 100% sure.

Hence I'm an agnostic atheist, though I do occasionally border on being anti theist, but that's only when I encounter a particularly obnoxious theist (check out a Christian vs atheist debate page on FB - it's flooded with the most ignorant Nigerian theists you'll ever encounter, both Christian and Muslim).

I will admit there has been a rise in anti-theism in the past couple of decades, but I don't think the so-called "new atheism" is about anti-theism.  Atheists have, for years, for various reasons, been quiet in their opinions, but now communities are forming all over the world and people are speaking up, usually against religious privilege in various countries (I've had arguments here and in Oz with parents who want mandatory teaching of THEIR religion in schools).

Part of the trouble, especially in the US, that I've seen anyway, is that ANY mention of atheism is seen as a personal attack on the beliefs of some Christians.  Look at the "controversy" around atheist billboards.  A group puts up a billboard (if they can get the company to do it, of course, since many claim that the message is controversial) that states, "Don't believe in God?  You're not alone."  And immediately there's an outcry from some who scream that it's a direct attack against them and their beliefs.  But the same person has NO trouble with a billboard that tells people they'll be tortured in fire for all eternity if they don't hold a particular belief (or a particular variation of that belief).

And these same billboards are frequently vandalised.  Someone had a Darwin fish (like the Jesus fish, but with legs) on their car and when they returned from shopping it was snapped in half and a message left on the car telling the "evil" atheist that they'd burn in hell if they didn't repent.

I saw a Jesus fish on a car here recently.  I smiled and moved on with my day.

I would NEVER consider vandalising someone else's property, even if I vehemently disagreed with the message.  The same can't be said for some conservatives who think their actions are justified by their beliefs.

Yes, there are angry atheists out there, and sometimes I'm one of them.  And, sometimes, that anger is justified.