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Originally Posted by Cheese
Atheists appear militant because thats what the church(es) tell you and want the people to hear. In fact we are more "vocal" about belief systems and how they actually came about. When theists are presented with "the facts" they get irritated and label Atheists in derogatory ways in order to remove the focus off of themselves. Fortunately many of the Freethinkers of today are knowledgeable enough to ignore the rants.
I dont think there has been anything more militant in our history than that of the church...in all of its colors.
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Well, if you are going to use generalizations like that, then I guess I agree. I said some atheists, not all atheists.
Labels like atheist, theist, Freethinker (why the capitalization) are only generalizations. Not to hide behind sociological/post-modern bull though.