Yes, I agree. Back in my teens I certainly was a militan atheist but later I realised that, obviously, atheism is based on personal faith as sure as any religion. To me faith is a very personal thing. If someone raises a conversation regarding it then defend it strongly but otherwise everyone should make up their own minds. Evangelization is what annoys me.
The atheist can sit back (often smugly given the sites I listed in my last post) and not necessarily worry if people agree with their world view. The person with the conventional faith, however, must surely spend their waking time converting as many people as they can lest those left behind will be subject to torment in the afterlife (depending on the faith).
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Date: 2005-12-15 10:31 am (UTC)Yes, I agree. Back in my teens I certainly was a militan atheist but later I realised that, obviously, atheism is based on personal faith as sure as any religion. To me faith is a very personal thing. If someone raises a conversation regarding it then defend it strongly but otherwise everyone should make up their own minds. Evangelization is what annoys me.
The atheist can sit back (often smugly given the sites I listed in my last post) and not necessarily worry if people agree with their world view. The person with the conventional faith, however, must surely spend their waking time converting as many people as they can lest those left behind will be subject to torment in the afterlife (depending on the faith).