(May 7, 2015 at 2:18 am)robvalue Wrote: I think militant atheists are ones who yell at everyone they see, "There is no God". Including their own children.
Oh wait, no that's just the typical strawman atheist.
And yet, that is pretty much what the average, ordinary Christian does (except saying that there is a god, and possibly without actually yelling), at least in the U.S. Mentioning a god with great frequency, to pretty much everyone, is what a lot of ordinary Christians do in the U.S. For those outside the U.S., just listen to a few politician's speeches (if you can stomach them), and notice the frequency with which references are made to a god. We also have "In God We Trust" on our money, which also shows how deeply this sort of thing goes in the U.S.
The standards for being a "militant" atheist are much less than the standards for being a "militant" religionist. To be a "militant" atheist, you just have to behave the way an ordinary religionist behaves.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
