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    Quote Originally Posted by Mooks View Post
    The Khmer Rouge were militant atheists. The soviets were militant atheists. A atheist trying to engage you in a debate -even if hes rude- is not militant. To even call him militant is just a lame attempt to insult atheists, similar to calling atheism a religion or calling Richard Dawkins our high priest.
    "Today the term is sometimes used pejoratively by theists to describe people believed to campaign actively or outspokenly for atheism and against religion."

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    "Today the term is sometimes used pejoratively by theists to describe people believed to campaign actively or outspokenly for atheism and against religion."
    e·jor·a·tive (pĭ-jôr'ə-tĭv, -jŏr'-, pěj'ə-rā'tĭv, pē'jə-) Pronunciation Key
    adj.

    1. Tending to make or become worse.
    2. Disparaging; belittling.


    So basically its the same thing as I said. Basically a lame insult.
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    So basically its the same thing as I said. Basically a lame insult.
    An atheist trying to engage to in debate is not militant, as long as he stops once he realizes you don't want to talk about it. An atheist insulting your religion, trying to bash your viewpoint into the ground, and/or persistently trying to convert you is a militant atheist.

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    An atheist trying to engage to in debate is not militant, as long as he stops once he realizes you don't want to talk about it. An atheist insulting your religion, trying to bash your viewpoint into the ground, and/or persistently trying to convert you is a militant atheist.
    No, hes a dick. Or rude, or unpolite.

    If he sticks a weapon in your face, then hes militant.
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    No, hes a dick. Or rude, or unpolite.

    If he sticks a weapon in your face, then hes militant.
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    mil⋅i⋅tant [mil-i-tuhnt]
    –adjective
    1. vigorously active and aggressive, esp. in support of a cause: militant reformers.
    2. engaged in warfare; fighting.

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    I concede that I was wrong on the definition of the word "militant". Though atheists can easily toss that word around too, just as much as theists do and right back at them. Which makes it....a lame insult.
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