My Thoughts On Militant Atheism

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Militant Atheism does far more harm than good and for any who call themselves atheists out there who believe that religion causes major problems in the world you are severely deluded to the political aspect of your world.

No it hasn't. Militant atheism, if such a thing exists, is nothing more than people giving their opinions. Forceful, perhaps, but harmless to everything aside the opinions and beliefs of those it is aimed at.

Indeed, I'm still yet to be convinced that a militant atheist even exists.

Militant Atheists seek to insult and belittle religious people who find their religion above all else to be logical, if they did not find their belief to be logical they would not believe in it. This form of logic is not dependent on evidence but rather it is a matter of faith. Further more you will never be able to argue against someone and win that argument, you will never be able to prove something for someone but they must prove it for themselves. In essence every atheist who is trying to disprove religion is wasting their time when they should be focusing more on the political agenda of their dominions... at least if they truly wanted to stop mass suffering on a global scale. All it achieves to do is create friction in a society where we should be living as a family, together, and inseparable. Instead we divide ourselves, by ethnicity, by political ideologies, by wealth, and by spiritual beliefs. It is from this division that we are so easily taken advantage of, and people like Richard Dawkins only seek to make the rift between us and our family deeper even if they themselves do not realize it. People in time will prove themselves wrong, making this whole militant atheism campaign a waste of time and if not a distraction and a scapegoat for governments to use to avert the eyes of the public from their political dealings.

Word salad.

Beliefs are not sacrosanct, and that includes religious beliefs. You'll find that a lot of people criticise beliefs but not necessarily the people that hold them (there are exceptions). Respect is earned, not given, and 'religion' has not earned my respect.

I am not sure if this message will reach any of you, atheists in my experience are no better than theists when it comes to rationality. All they managed to do was fit two pieces of a puzzle together in a puzzle that has over a million pieces. There is so much to learn in this life we can ill afford to waste time in it.

So please reconsider your stance on religion.

Make me. Give me a reason to, and I'll reassess. Otherwise you're all bluster and guilty of perpetrating the very behaviour you claim to be trying to prevent.

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Your fiancee and other atheists proved it to themselves, and were likely already unsure about their beliefs. The change from theism to atheism is a gradual one from my experience. Faith based queries come before evidence based ones.

I've been an atheist since day 1. I've never had a concept of a god, whatever that is.