Gunkata
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Only when I saw militant atheist was mentioned haha and you can't deny there are some dogmatic atheists who are no different from religious fundos when it comes to shoving their views down others' throats.
Just because you have a lack of belief in a deity doesn't mean you're immune from extreme dogmatic fanaticism either.
That being said though, I feel for people like Damon Fowler in Louisiana though. I would stand up for his defence any day of the week.
They are "militant" against having other's beliefs shoved down their throat. Just as a religious priest or person can write a book explaining what they do believe, so can those guys, but at the same time they don't shove anything down anyone's throats, they simply explain their position and argument against the arguments and positions of those held for over 2,000 years.
To me, it sounds like you've never even listened to these guys. And yes Dawkins can get carried away and harsh, which I attribute the last few years to his aging, lol. The "dogma" is to think for yourself. The "dogma", is to not cling to an imaginery diety because you cannot explain things (also stated by NDT last night), or rely on the bible to explain the earth to you, and so on. If that's dogma, I guess we need to re-evaluate the meaning of that word and also look into what "truth", "facts", and "free-thinking" mean.
Maybe you should get an idea of what these guys actually do believe in:
Not having religion shoved down their throats
Thinking for yourself
Equal rights for all
Avoiding wars / terrorism
that's really about it^. But since you don't like to hear that they don't believe in your fairy sky god , that makes you upset, and that's part of the problem.