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Originally Posted by ardeegee
Sounds like you are describing "the gay community" (not that there is a "gay community" any more than there is an "athiest community") before the gay rights movement-- many atheists cowering in the closet in fear of being revealed, sneaking around careful not to reveal their true beliefs to a greater world that will shun them or even hold them in contempt for not being like the majority.
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Not at all. I'm not advocating in the slightest that the atheist community should hide their views; just that aggressive zealotry causes conflict which serves more to entrench beliefs rather than shift them.
You're right, it does take people with courage to stand up and speak out, but it doesn't have to be done with aggression and arrogance, which is what I took to be inferred by the "atheist zealot" label in the thread title.
Graham