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Re:Alcoholics Anonymous vs. other approaches: the evidence i... by reggieband on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:22PM (#22547704)
> Please describe a 'militant' atheist perspective unironically. :)

I think of militant as unyielding and confrontational. This isn't some pejorative assigned to others, it is a term forwarded and embraced by proponents of that ideology. For an unironic perspective I suggest this New Yorker article "All Scientists Should be Militant Atheists" by Lawrence Krauss [1].

1. https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/all-scientists-shou...

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Re:Alcoholics Anonymous vs. other approaches: the evidence i... by thawaway1837 on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @03:24PM (#22549464)
The first usage of militant atheist out there is in quotes.

Which clearly indicates that the author doesn’t actually believe that’s an appropriate term, but is rather saying that if what is described by some as militant atheism (an adjective the author doesn’t agree with, hence the quotes) then all scientists should be atheistic enough to be described as militant by those people.

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