Atheism the fastest growing religious identification
"Buerste" wrote in message
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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I rarely joke without letting you know that I'm joking. This is not a
joke. If you have some evidence to support what you're saying, let's hear
it.
One would think that violent anti-theists, if they were the "fastest
growing group" of the non-religious, would be noticeable among a group
that's grown in numbers by 20,000,000 people over the last 18 years.
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Ed Huntress
As usual you are trying the "Ed Twist" of what I said. Let me quote.
-"You are completely leaving out antitheists. They take the view that
theism
-is dangerous and destructive. Their hatred of religion is proactive,
often
-organized, often violent and craving power. THIS is the fastest growing
-group of non-religious and in many ways can be considered a "religion".
-Think of them as radical secularists bordering on fanatical terrorists.
And somehow you extracted this:
"One would think that violent anti-theists, if they were the "fastest
growing
group" of the non-religious"
Now, your manipulations confuse me. Do you want to discuss the growth of
"antitheists" or "violent antitheists"? I know you would prefer to change
the meaning of my post, as usual, but... Either that or I'm a ****ty
communicator, or you're a ****ty reader. Take your pick.
Do you want to try parsing that sentence into something simple, Tom? It
looks to me like you say:
1) Antitheists' hatred of religion is proactive, often organized, often
violent and craving power.
2) This is the fastest-growing group of the non-religious.
Now, maybe you can explain how that's NOT equivalent to saying that violent
antitheists are the fastest-growing group of the non-religious.
I've been editing for a long time, but if you somehow flipped that one on
its back and slid it under the other pea, I missed it.
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Ed Huntress
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