(July 11, 2015 at 9:03 pm)mbk734 Wrote: Basically, are you passive, don't care about religion as long as it doesn't hurt me. Or an anti-theist that thinks religion is harmful to society? Why?
Atheism doesn't define me and I'm certainly not a missionary shoving my own world view down the throats of others. Yes, religion proves to be harmful under certain circumstances, but if you go out preaching the gospel of atheism, you're not that different from religious bigots. It's creating yet another ideology, same as religion does. And ideologies are ultimately hurtful.
So, opposition to sneaking religious contexts into society, yes. Actively fighting religion, no.