The mindset defined by #1 is that of any fundamentalist, whom cannot accept anything but their own "truth" with no regard to anything else. PCT's are just another grouping similar to that of religious folks, who see a presence masterminding everything compared, just like PCT's see a hidden agenda by a shadowy undefined, unproven group.
Most people arrive to atheism by following rational thought, which entails the realization that there is simply a lack of proof for a deity and the reasoning that a omnibenevolant, omnipotent deity is impossible. Such property of rational thought inoculates, but not immunizes, one from fundamentalist tendencies.
We must fight fundamentalism with understanding and careful thought, lest we fall to seeing the world in binary opposites.
Most people arrive to atheism by following rational thought, which entails the realization that there is simply a lack of proof for a deity and the reasoning that a omnibenevolant, omnipotent deity is impossible. Such property of rational thought inoculates, but not immunizes, one from fundamentalist tendencies.
We must fight fundamentalism with understanding and careful thought, lest we fall to seeing the world in binary opposites.
