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Old 05-05-2007, 07:12 PM
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Default Re: A few \'scientific\' polls to compare OOT to the rest of the US

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whats the difference between somewhat of an atheist and strong atheist?

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'Militant/strong' atheists generally go "There is no god and anyone that believes in god is stupid". 'Reasonable/somewhat' atheists tend to admit they might be wrong but are still atheists. I should have made that clearer.

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This sounds more like an analysis of attitude than a delineation of fact.

Your "reasonable/somewhat atheists" just sound mellow and potentially verging over into agnostics. Your "militant/strong atheists" just sound like dicks.

Also, I think you need to parse finer that a person can believe stupid things without being stupid. There probably are very few people ever born who didn't believe some surprisingly stupid things. That isn't necessarily enough to make them stupid.
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