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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster. If we are to extrapolate from fifteen pages of comments from posters claiming to be atheists, their reasons for posting on DCUM (to address the actual question) would seem to be that most derive a sense of moral and intellectual superiority about their place in the world, and perhaps secondarily that it seems to assuage their sense of anxiety and insecurity that a Christian nationalist-fueled political movement has given them.

What they are unwilling or unable to accept or, perhaps, comprehend, is that only some people of faith have an interest in proselytizing. Only some people of faith have an interest in translating a set of practices that are nominally rooted in that faith on others. And that private revelation, which can form much of the experiential basis of belief for many people of faith, is not something that most wish to share.

The people of faith on this thread do not seem to be offended by atheism, for the most part.

Ironically, it is the atheists who seem to be the most ardent proselytizers. And that is why this subset of them posts on DCUM.[/quote]

You really think “get TF out of my uterus” is proselytizing? Interesting. 
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+1. I’m pretty sure that atheists are asking to be left the f alone. Not sure why that’s so hard to understand.

Also it is so disingenuous to say that the religious people in this thread aren’t offended by atheism. What else motivates religious posters to pick fights like this?[/quote]

I think that some religious posters want to prove (or at least show) that atheists are wrong about religion, then get frustrated when they can't.[/quote]

Au contraire - most mainstream religious posters appear to have sought to explain why religion and science are not necessarily in conflict .

They also get frustrated when ontological experiences and cultural practices are reduced to ridiculous oversimplifications and they are held responsible for all the problems in the world. There would not even be western science without the evolution of theological logic.

Religious beliefs and practices (including atheism) cannot be validated or invalidated by the scientific method. That does not mean they do not have deep value to many people.  [/quote]

Similarly, Santa seems to hold a lot of value with children and merchants.[/quote]

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