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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.
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
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I am going to stick my neck out here and say that the old saying of 'It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it', pretty much applies here.
With some people they cannot help themselves in the name-calling department, nor with their abrasive nature. Who knows, they may be the parents or grandparents of today's schoolyard bullies, who have learned by example.
With them it's of case of 'It's either my way, or the highway'.
They don't debate......they pontificate.
Sad really.
Cheers.