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Online atheists are mostly antitheists. There isn't really anything special about being an atheist. It's like being a theist. How many people are just theists? It's impossible to prove whether God exists or doesn't exist, so while there are arguments for both, being a theist or an atheist shouldn't really have much affect of someone's life.

But many online atheists spend much of their time bashing other religions. I'm sure a lot of atheists hate being associated with r/atheism, but they are the most vocal atheists (probably because they are really antitheists) and many atheists on CE act like users on r/atheism.

r/atheism users are generally very ignorant; for the most part they have not read the Bible (let alone any other religious book, but online atheists are mostly anti-Christian) and have no intention of reading it. When they quote the Bible it is almost always taken out of context - both historically and in relation to the surrounding verses.

I've seen plenty of ignorant Christians online (these are all from terrible internet blogs and not from legitimate sources, but still) who insult or try to discredit Islam while having no actual knowledge about Islam or having any intention to gain any actual knowledge. They quote the Quran or Hadith with no context, much like users on r/atheism do with the Bible, and after reading a few lines on these sites you can tell just from the tone that they are terrible sources.

I don't know how religious people can disrespect others for believing in a different religion. They can disagree about religious matters obviously, but in the end everything comes down to faith; it's no wonder that people believe in different things. And there isn't even a religion in which every believer believes the same thing. From what I've seen atheists (i.e. antitheists), even serious scholars of atheism, seem to lack this respect for religious belief.

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