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el_bryanto

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41. That's understandable - being neighborly means avoiding using terms that offend others

Mon Dec 15, 2014, 11:11 AM

Dec 2014

I certainly get down on people on your side of the fence who choose to do that - so I can't in good conscious support the same practice when my side does it. I think it's equally impolite for believes to throw around the words "militant atheist" as it is for atheists to through around "delusion."

This forum has a bit of an identity crisis in that it doesn't know whether it wants to be open to discussion of religion from all respectfully stated points of view or whether it wants to be a safe haven for believers. If the former, than we should probably avoid using words we know are offensive. If the latter, than well, blowing off steam is part of the function of this forum.

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"Militant" [View all] okasha Dec 2014 OP

Brava! rug Dec 2014 #1

That, too. okasha Dec 2014 #3

I had to look that up. rug Dec 2014 #5

Really? LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #12

You can not have it both ways. TM99 Dec 2014 #15

What was inappropriate about my manner? Honestly I don't see it LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #17

Really? cbayer Dec 2014 #18

Good post. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #2

Great! okasha Dec 2014 #6

No i am a marshmallow. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #8

"Moving water wears away stone." Lao Tse okasha Dec 2014 #9

And if you told someone that you consider a word a slur against you LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #14

And that is how you use the adjective "militant" kentauros Dec 2014 #4

Please go ahead and post it. okasha Dec 2014 #7

Well, I may have to rewrite it a bit, kentauros Dec 2014 #10

I am Asexual LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #13

"Religionista" is a made-up word, kentauros Dec 2014 #20

The rest of the world is mostly theist LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #21

Okay, now you've confused me. kentauros Dec 2014 #22

I am giving you an example of a word LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #23

We're not going to agree, kentauros Dec 2014 #24

Very well LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #25

Yes... LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #11

Let's start at the beginning okasha Dec 2014 #26

Okay LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #27

You know, I think you are probably a nice person IRL. cbayer Dec 2014 #28

Cbayer (long post) LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #32

I appreciate your post and have read it carefully. cbayer Dec 2014 #36

Alright LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #38

I think you can PM the hosts with your suggestions. cbayer Dec 2014 #39

Here's some militant Christians. stone space Dec 2014 #29

Militantly praying. okasha Dec 2014 #30

They aren't the only militants in the Berrigan family. Check out Frida's profile: stone space Dec 2014 #34

... LostOne4Ever Dec 2014 #33

What if atheists were defined by their actions? stone space Dec 2014 #40

These are the people I was raised by and with. cbayer Dec 2014 #37

That's understandable - being neighborly means avoiding using terms that offend others el_bryanto Dec 2014 #41

Militant atheist here. stone space Dec 2014 #16

Haven't you been instructed? okasha Dec 2014 #31

I should have listened to the National Review. stone space Dec 2014 #35

You can be whatever you choose to be and you do it well. cbayer Dec 2014 #19