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Originally Posted by Zee
Note corrections to the above post I made...
Of all the hundreds (if not thousands) of religions that exist, a large percentage of them don't evangelize at all...
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This is a great falsehood. Firstly the "vocal atheists" are still very very quiet in comparison to the numbers they hold worldwide. The recent decade of people speaking out is in reaction to religious pushing more into politics and especially 9/11 which for many was a wake up call to let people know we are fed up with this.
Atheism is now like the gay movement back in the 60s/70s in where in order to be no longer hated and distrusted as we currently are by speaking out and letting people know we are normal, decent folk, your neighbors, doctors, lawyers, etc..
There are places in the world where just being atheist can get you imprisoned, killed, shunned, even in the US you can lose your job, friends, and be run out of town if you come out as an atheist.
The "noise" coming from religious worldwide is an overwhelming one, in daily life, media and to suggest atheism is anything even remotely close to the power, influence of religion is utterly laughable.