'Atheistic fundamentalism' fears

[meredith101]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7156783.stm
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The archbishop said "atheistic fundamentalism" was a new phenomenon.

He said it advocated that religion in general and Christianity in particular have no substance, and that some view the faith as "superstitious nonsense".
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Atheists, by definition, view christian faith as 'superstitious nonsense'. What else can they see it as. I would suggest that this guy is being a fundamentalist: he starts with the assumption that Xianity is absolutely right (his job kind of requires it), then gives atheists a hard time for taking an opposing view.

"""Dr Morgan said: "All of this is what I would call the new "fundamentalism" of our age. It allows no room for disagreement, for doubt, for debate, for discussion. """

But atheism is founded on doubt! You say there is a god and Jesus is his Son, god made Man, and I say 'Doubt it, think you're talking crap!'

I think he's just trying to score cheap points for the God squad by trying to group 'atheists' with 'militant islamic extremists' by calling atheists 'fundamentalists'. But how is he not a fundamentalist? What do you think?

[BillyBB]

You're correct

[naomi24]

You should have posted this in R&S.

[JockSporran]

I was an atheist for many years, but I was never a 'fundamentalst' atheist. Let me explain.

I would have liked to believe in God, but couldn't. However, I had no wish to see religion eradicated, and had no wish to deny religious believers their beliefs.

Atheist 'fundamentalism', however, is a threat to freedom of thought and freedom of opinion.

I don't understand the gripe with religion anyway. Nobody is forced to go to church and we are already a secular society. Religion does not shape the way we live, mainstream churches accept evolution and religious fundamentalists are very much a minority. So why get all heated up about it?

[rojash]

What about all those "round earth" fundamentalists, refusing to respect the flat-earthers?

Then there's the :

No Fairies fundamentalists
No Santa fundamentalists
Pigs Can't fly fundamentalists
Astrology's Bollux fundamentalists

"It allows no room for disagreement, for doubt, for debate, for discussion." Of course there's no room for debate. If people hold completely irrational views, based on nothing but wishful thinking and the brainwashing they received as children, how can anyone debate that?

[Dusty Bin]

Isn't he trying to protect his job?