(September 4, 2012 at 12:28 pm)Vincenzo "Vinny" G. Wrote: I don't. Atheism and pluralism are not mutually exclusive.
Pluralism by definition includes various faiths and non-faiths, including atheism.
Your question betrays your lack of understanding of the concepts at hand.
So an atheist can be a pluralist, and disagree with other beliefs, but respect their existence, the existence of their adherents and their rational or non-rational bases for believing.
Your response betrays your lack of understanding of the question at hand. Which is strange, considering you brought it up. You attempted to create a false dichotomy where forced atheism and pluralism are the only two options. The third option, which a lot of atheists actually choose, is disagreeing with other beliefs and not respecting them or their adherents, while at the same time not not trying to forcefully convert them either.
