[DiogenesLamp]

But plenty of atheists are like the article is talking about. We just don’t care, it’s just not part of our life. We’re not bothered by people of religion (well so long as they aren’t actually BOTHERING us with like pamphlets or trying to ban stuff we enjoy), we don’t look down on them. We just don’t participate. All that religion stuff, including militant atheism, is just not in the ven diagram of our lives.

The future of atheism is kneeling on a prayer rug facing Mecca. :)

You can't fight a belief with a non-belief.

[Poison Pill]

The future of atheism is kneeling on a prayer rug facing Mecca. :) You can't fight a belief with a non-belief.

My weapon of choice is the BGM-109.

[discostu]

No it’s not. The future of atheism is learning to live with each other. In the same way the various sects of Christianity figured it out.

I’m not fighting against a belief. I know Muslims, perfectly fine people who can go on at length about how Islamic terrorists violate basic tenants of the religion. They’ve got a lunatic fringe emphasis on the lunatic, and it’s exacerbated by the fact that a lot of the countries they’re from have a vested interest in keeping them riled up and pointed externally. You like to point to the rise of Hitler, well that’s actually a good comparison when it comes to Islam. Germans as a whole weren’t nuts, just enough of them to take over the government, control the flow of information, and keep the not nuts ones at least ignorant.

And it’s not like atheists don’t have beliefs. We just don’t have RELIGIOUS beliefs. I believe in small governments, low taxes, and if you’d expect to get punched in the face for saying that to them in person you probably shouldn’t say it to them online either.