“Oh no, not you again Berty / Hashimoto, yet another disguise. Get help mate as soon as possible please.”

“Militant atheists do not hide their arrogance and their superiority, they proudly exhibit it whenever they have the opportunity. Their web sites are replete with pride, impertinent comments, tangible sarcasm and copious ridicule of religion.”

“Oh dear, where are the white coats?”

“Another two line literary masterpiece from the village idiot.

Still doing what you do best, eh dave? i.e. saying nothing of interest

If you possessed a brain cell you'd know that I'm not smick9.

We are still waiting for words of wisdom on any topic dave, or are you going to keep hiding behind a smokescreen of inarticulate stupidity for ever ?

PS, have you finished the spelling course yet ?”

“Hackneytom, I'm sure there are atheists, both militant and otherwise, who are as you describe them, but that is irrelevant to the question asked. One might just as accurately state that there are people of religious faith who fly planes into buildings, bomb innocent people, and sexually abuse children. None of these statements addresses the question asked. Please try to speak to the question or digression will lead to abrasive and ad hominem argument.”

“Hackneyedtom

Can you actually define the expression" militant atheist? Is it someone holding the view that religion has an overblown sense of its own importance, or who disagrees with pious parasites like Eric Pickles for fast tracking a change in the law to suit the self righteous promotion of "christian values" ?
"Militant" atheist is a throwback to the stereotypical right wing 1970's view of trade unionism, and just as meaningless. Its designed to whip up hysteria instead of responding to legitimate criticism. Of course, we knew soon after the Warsi speech and the Bideford ruling that the Christian right would be hyperventilating in their condemnation of all things secular, even though the majority of them don't have a clue what secularism even stands for.

Comments from the right wing press have been hysterical, misinformed, biased, unbalanced and in some instances downright dishonest, and it was entirely predictable that the spoon fed clackheads that live in a permanent state of paranoia about atheists under the bed would parrot these views because they can't think for themselves. That's why they believe in things without evidence.

As for impertinence, tangible sarcasm (as opposed to intangible?), and ridicule of religion, do you take the same view when politicians, or other public figures are treated with derision ?

Ah, sorry I forgot. Religion is a special case isn't it?”

“I had hoped that I might receive at least one informed answer to a serious question. Apparently it was not to be. Thanks anyway.”

“Is it not up to the person? Believe or not believe. Why try to sway someone. I believe in Christ but I don't force it on my family and friends. They don't force thier non- belief on me. Simple really isn't it?”

“"I had hoped that I might receive at least one informed answer to a serious question. Apparently it was not to be. Thanks anyway."

Sorry berty your covers been blown again and yes it is you, your warped obsession with God and Christianity is the giveaway.”

“Just when it seems you couldn't possibly become any more stupid dave, up you pop with another gem about me being smick 9, (with whom I mostly agree). Bet you'd love the ability to construct sentences like him, because I certainly bow to his superior writing skills.

But of course, literary ability doesn't count for anything with you does it dave, because you don't have the brain to appreciate the Telletubbies, let alone someone putting their point across in an interesting and articulate manner.

You seem obsessed by other peoples identity, but I have to say that your distinctive character shines through like a beacon dave, as no one else could produce such uninteresting, meaningless, self interested tosh like you can.

Let me guess your response dave. Unfunny jokes about "carers", exclamation mark after every sentence, and unfathomable statements about "as loony as a box of frogs"

Give up dave. You cant write, you don't have a subject, you keep repeating yourself, and you're hallucinating to the point where everyone has two identities.

In fact you're a bit like religion dave. When you strip away all the mythical aspects, there's very little substance.”

“Dear Spirita, While 'belief' and 'non-belief' have become polarized in our society -almost as if we were two distinct species - I think that there is far more to unite us than separate us. When it rains on us we get wet. If someone kicks us it hurts. I consider myself to hold a naturalistic world view and worship no god. I have rejected belief in all the gods of literature that I have ever read about. You say you worship Christ. This means you have rejected worshiping all of the other 'gods' the same as I have. Mine is a 100% rejection, yours a 99.9% rejection. We are virtually agreed on the matter.
There are zillions of things I think are unlikely to be true. For example the existence of unicorns, yet I am not noted for being a non-believer in unicorns. Every day I make decisions about things, these decisions are based on evidence, experience and imagination. Decisions I make are not beliefs; if further evidence suggests they might not be true I adjust accordingly.
Most people who know me have no Idea that I an a so -called 'atheist' until the subject arises. Some people don't seem to care, others get bent out of shape and ask why I don't go around killing people if I have no belief in god. I suppose they might mean that only their belief in a god prevents them from going around killing people.
So far as I can tell, there is no god, but if there is, there might just as well not be one, since I see no divine influence at all.
I have no argument with what people decide to believe, or are trained to believe, unless this belief manifests itself in ways that threaten instability in the world. There is certainly enough of that.”