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Thread #152125 Message #3557593
Posted By: Jack the Sailor
09-Sep-13 - 05:30 PM
Thread Name: BS: Militant atheism has become a religion p
Subject: RE: BS: Militant atheism has become a religion p
What Dawkins has done in the writing and promotion of "The God Delusion" is certainly militant atheism according to the Urban Dictionary and Frans der Waal. In Dawkins' TED talk about it he admits to opposing religion and he obviously is promoting an anti-religion point of view. Since you also are anti-religion and promote atheism but do not want us to call what you and Mr. Dawkins are trying to sell to us selling atheism, not because the word does not fit but because, you personally do not like the connotations, you are not technically a "miltant atheist."
I can think of several alternate words and phrases to describe your participation in and starting of this discussion, but to call you them would violate the terms of use of this board.
So let me simply say that your premise is, to say the least, dubious.