I think atheists actually believe in God. People don't spend that much time and energy writing and debating against things that they know do not exist. You don't see organizations and literature and debates against the belief in Santa Claus or unicorns.
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It's a bit more complicated than that. The belief in God entitles a lot of people in making their belief superior to others and it shows in areas like politics.
Also a lot of atheists are former believers who feel like they got a big chunk of their life stolen by lies. 1/2
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Hence their activism justified by the prospect of saving others that are falling for those lies.
Personally I mostly aim at people with believe I see as detrimental to the fabric of a secular society.
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Lemme know when people try to justify passing legislation that affects other's lives based on belief in unicorns/Santa.
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Somewhere along the line, men figured out if you could convince everyone else that God talked to you, that gave you power to make them do what you want and then everyone would give you money to talk to God for them. It’s been pretty much lather, rinse, repeat ever since...
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The ancient historian Josephus wrote about the state of Man and I wrote a blog about it:
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Your opinions don’t equate to fact. Believe as you like. It’s only speculation. That being said, don’t dictate your beliefs on to another.
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Does belief in Santa Claus increase homophobia, misogyny and anti-scientific viewpoints?
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Do you need to believe racism is true to be an anti-racism activist? Really? 🙄
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Badly worded.
Do you need to think "racism is true" (which is false) or "racism exists" (which is true)?
We atheists *do* acknowledge that theism exists, AND we oppose it.
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