Are you an assertive atheist or a passive one?

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Are you an assertive atheist or a passive one?

Definition.

Passive atheist. One who does not actively seek out theists to try to convert them.

Assertive atheist. One who will actively seek out theist and try to convert them.

Please tell us why you do as you do.

Regards
DL

I'm not sure what you're implying - I think what you're trying to ask us is whether or not we're apatheists?

At any rate. I don't agree with your definitions - its passive–aggressive behaviour you're referring to, not the non sequitur of 'passive–assertive'. Even so, its never as clear cut or as black-and-white as this, and none of these labels have anything much to do with atheism in particular.

I'm not a "proactive atheist" or "activist atheist", if you will for sake of the argument permit usage of those terms. I don't go out of my way to de-convert theists and rob them of their fantasies if it keeps them happy and productive members of society.

However there are exceptions to this, I'm not always "inactive". I will respond to theists who honestly ask me what I do and don't believe. I believe intellectual honesty is paramount - I will not lie to them and say I accept there's a god, just to please and/or deceive them. In a civil discussion I will explain my atheism to them to clear up any pre-misconceptions they may harbour.

Now that's if they are mature, I draw the line when arrogant, presumptuous and controlling theists out there try to force their crap onto other people, especially children's developing minds in schools, or when they attack non-believers and deny them basic human rights and privileges, for simply not subscribing to their dogmatic cults. That shit definitely doesn't fly with me.