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Originally Posted by Graham
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.
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Nothing is going to change the views of most people that are "deeply entrenched" in their views. The target of books like The God Delusion isn't to convert strong believers-- they are pretty much written off as a lost cause-- the target is
people who have yet to make up their minds. Let those entrenched stay in their trenches-- but the more you can point out how silly they look, the harder their job at proselytizing.