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ADigitalArtist said:

This is a lot of text to question if I think the op's version of 'militant antitheism' is as unnuanced, immature and prejudicial as mine was. If that's the question then the answer is 'it seems that way based on their activity I've read. I could be wrong but I don't believe so'.
Does that satisfy you or make you more upset?

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Upset? Me? Pah.

I merely enjoy pointing out and deconstructing others' passive-aggressiveness and putting it on display for all to see. Why else would I do it all the time? Yours was particularly enjoyable, I must admit.

Some People..I guess they are!...

The one who back-tracks..
Is the one who made it forward.
But how the ones did not know the back..
Was by the same way how they knew the end.

A Vestigial Mote said:

Upset? Me? Pah.

I merely enjoy pointing out and deconstructing others' passive-aggressiveness and putting it on display for all to see. Why else would I do it all the time? Yours was particularly enjoyable, I must admit.

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You think 'I had an angry theist phase, too' was passive-aggressive? Like 'you must be fun at parties'?

Phaedrus said:

... I am essentially a militant anti-theist.

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Sorry, but they're "essentially" a dime a dozen around here. If you wish to distinguish yourself you'll need to share some non-essentials. In ant event ...

... shalom and welcome.

ADigitalArtist said:

You think 'I had an angry theist phase, too' was passive-aggressive? Like 'you must be fun at parties'?

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Yes, I do. You basically called the person an "angry atheist," and admitted that you think that is a bad thing.

It's not, at all like telling someone "you must be fun at parties." I'm kind of surprised you'd select something innocuous like that as your analogy. You honestly seem pretty much on the up-and-up from most other things I have read from you.

A better analogy would be someone posting something about how they recently moved in with their girlfriend, and now they share finances and a bed. And a converted Christian's first reply in the thread is:

"Welcome. You know I used to live in sin as well." The obvious hint there is that what this person is doing is considered "sin" by the person replying, that they feel that they are now too righteous in their faith to do such a thing themselves anymore, and with the unspoken prescription being that the person who lives with their girlfriend should potentially rethink the situation in order to be more in line with the Christian's ways of thinking. WHO SHOULD CARE about the Christian's ways of thinking on the topic and why? That's my question.

I do not think there is anything wrong with being an angry atheist who is sick and tired of the harm done by religion and religious adherents who continue to support a theistic system that has shown it historically and continuously does more harm than good.

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