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I doubt most atheists have read any of those philosophers, most people don't care to read books.
Its safe to say that there are many other philosophers that would disagree with you on calling Hume, Russell "sneering nonsense."
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If we can't be offensive about positions that we hold, what's the point?
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Its not weak, its the truth. To an atheist we are arguing about something that isn't there, so to us it resides in the brain where unicorns and fairies exist, the imagination or as south park calls it Imaginationland.
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This idea of God seems to exist as a serious proposition to most people. It directs our politics and culture. It deserves serious contemplation, not facetious and sarcastic comments.
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So if people react as you'd expect them to, considering their ideology, this is eye rolling?
Photon already covered it but how should atheists react to him suggesting extremist atheism was responsible for the horrors of nazi Germany. Switch atheists with jews in that statement and turn this into a biblical blunder of the ages.
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This makes me laugh. Do you really consider cultural resistance to atheism to be similar to anti-Semitism?