My Thoughts On Militant Atheism

[Fidel_Castronaut]

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.

I am not here to make you do anything, but if you desire a reason I shall give you one. Religion has thousands of years of moral philosophies that all could benefit from, some are in error and should be discounted, others are thoughtful and should be reflected on.

So? I can point to one moral philosophy, the golden rule, and highlight the fact that it has no real religious origin. Indeed, if anything, it's more of a humanist philosophy. But I'm not sure why you think an entity like 'religion' having a few good points means it is thus immune to criticism, critique and ridicule. Care to explain?

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

Then how can you hope to understand what faith is? How can you hope to gently nudge people out of their faith in what they would otherwise refuse by force and insults?

1. Cite where I've used 'force' and 'insult'. Also tell me what you mean by 'force'. Who here is using force in their arguments?
2. Cite where I've said I even want to nudge people out of thief faith.
3. Why are you conflating religion and faith?

I don't care if people are religious or not until they try and use their religion to justify influencing me or the society/structures/agents that live around and over me. Then we've got a problem.

Indeed, if people just keep their religion to themselves, there'd be no issues.

It seems I like your main gripe is with people who criticise religion. Why is this? Why is people giving their opinions such a negative thing?

I recommend this article, it's interesting: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree...ellectuals