re: #12 wrenchwench

Do you distinguish between atheists and anti-theists?

I don’t.

An atheist is a larger group that contains anti-theists. I was an anti-theist for many years and have only tempered my attitude since being among the people here. An anti-theist at her core isn’t any different than any other atheists except she believes all religions, but not the religious, should be wiped out. I repeat - the religion, but the not the people who practice the religion, should be wiped out. This does not in any way mean that people should be physically harmed.

As an atheist I can see that religion can give people comfort when they need it, so I’m not as adamant that it disappear as I used to be. I would still prefer that religions go the way of the dinosaur, as all magical thinking should, but I’m not going to spew anger at any theist except those trying to push religion into politics and schools. Even then I would never suggest anything physical should be done about it.

It’s not about hate, it’s about education and appropriate laws and conventions.