Earlier today I read the article located at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070524/ap_on_re_us/atheist_authors_1
And was curious what other Atheists thought about it?
Atheism is become more militant in recent years, do you see that as a good thing?
2007-05-25 05:04:15 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well... we did have a meeting... there have been alot of meetings. And I agree that there is too much at stake to not metaphoically "take the gloves off."
But the battle is not physical, it is intellectual and rational. I think it's way over due...
2007-05-25 05:15:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm more of a grass-roots person myself, but I am pleased to see the discussion enter the mainstream (even if it took harsh, blunt words to grab the public's attention).
Silence is the biggest weapon cultural oppressors have. Once it's no longer a death sentence to be gay or pagan or atheist, once people can actually talk about it, it's only a matter of time from there. Evolution is inevitable.
"…a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason."
--Thomas Paine, Common Sense
2007-05-25 12:17:57 · answer #2 · answered by KC 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think the popularity of these books has less to do with any principled atheism than it does with anger that many Americans feel towards Bush and the Religious Right. There's been some polling that says that significant numbers of evangelical christians are not going to vote their religious convictions in 2008; if that happens, I think atheism will recede into the background again.
2007-05-25 12:13:09 · answer #3 · answered by Josh 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. No matter yow much I dislike religion (not just Christianity), people have the right to believe whatever they want to, so long as it doesn't hurt anyone else. However, whist religious persecution is a no no, limiting its influence to the church and out of politics and education sounds like a good idea.
2007-05-25 12:16:08 · answer #4 · answered by eckzl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Islam and Christianity have been much more militant, read disgusting, in recent years. Atheists are getting disgusted with these brainless drones. Aren't you too?
2007-05-25 12:26:47 · answer #5 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheism MUST become more militant because it's losing ground, even in the scientific community.
Heck, even Art Bell got scared by this stuff!
2007-05-25 12:17:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think there's anything wrong with it at all.
Here's why:
Militant Christians blow up abortion clinics, try to make homosexuals second-class citizens, want to dictate the nation's morality.
Militant Islamics blow up themselves and innocent people, want to wipe Americans and Jews off the face of the earth.
Militant Atheists write books.
2007-05-25 12:15:29 · answer #7 · answered by pastor of muppets 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It just means they're getting scared.
Reverend Red Mage - I find it funny that because the writer used the term militant that you automatically blame the Christians for the use of the term. That's pretty idiotic and pathetic.
2007-05-25 12:10:07 · answer #8 · answered by Rick 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
What the hell does "militant" mean?
It's not like we're bombing churches.
All of a sudden there are atheists out there who decide to voice and publish their strong and dissenting opinion against the tyranny of religion, and they're called militant.
Christians are full of snot.
2007-05-25 12:08:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
Christianity, a.k.a. The Curse of Greyface, must be eliminated. It has sent humankind on a very bad trip.
2007-05-25 12:10:35 · answer #10 · answered by rulingdevil 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋