I won't attack everyone with a religious or "spiritual" view. I'm an agnostic skeptic, not a rabid militant atheist.
As long as your view does not involve imposing it on people by force or political means and doesn't involve preaching hate and sadism I generally won't criticize it.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button."preaching hate and sadism" yup that about sums up religion
regards rabid militant atheist.
LenHazell53
Level 9
Mar 15, 2020
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I am an atheist. If some mentally defective person tries to ram his particular god down my throat I become a rabid militant atheist towards that person. If a theist is polite towards me, I am equally polite in return.
anglophone
Level 9
Mar 15, 2020
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I saw something once that really impressed me. A group of young jewish men on some sort of pilgrimage were being lead by a an old rabbi and they had to pass thru an area with a lot of scantily clad women. The didn't act like muslims or christias and expect everyone else to obey their views and accommodate them.
The young men formed a line behind the rabbi and closed their eyes with their hands on each other's shoulders, the rabbi, who was old, married and considered able to resist temptation, lead them thru the area.
Ok, those people may be religious, but I respect them for understanding their views are their problem, no one else's. Hence I won;t mock them or say anything negative about their views.
I'm agonstic and admit it's possible that any given religion may actually be right, even if I believe and feel they aren't. I only attack religions if I see them as causing harm or suffering.
So if I don't leap to the side of every anti theist who attacks a religion it might be because i don't see that religion as deserving it.
Techpriest
Level 6
Mar 14, 2020
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Please define "Rabid militant atheist".
DavidLaDeau
Level 8
Mar 14, 2020
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Hello, you called?
I'll believe religions are tolerant when "In God We Trust" is no longer on our government issued currency 
FearlessFly
Level 9
Mar 14, 2020
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Just a thought. Why would you tell us what you WON’T do?
What about telling what you think to open a discussion?
Geoffrey51
Level 8
Mar 14, 2020
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Some atheists seem to feel a need to attack any other pov. I'm not one of those. I don't feel a need to attack someone not trying to impose their views on me on spewing hate towards other views.
Christians liketto say that if atheists (and agnostics) didn;t really believe in their god we wouldn;t attack their faith. Well, no, we don;t believe in your god, we attack your faith because you try to force it on us.
I'm a believer in non aggression when feasible. If your views don't involve forcing them on me you can have them and I won't attack them, if your views do include using them to force your ways on me, it's open season.
@Techpriest Not all Christians have a view about atheists one way or the other. You seem to be taking a particular type of Christian and generalising.
Strange how you use ‘non- aggression’ and ‘attack’ was in the same paragraph.
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