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State of Confusion: Aggressive Atheists and Brazen Believers

Lauren Langford
4 min readNov 24, 2017

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Aggressive atheists confound me: why would you launch an intellectual war against a God who does not exist? It is the equivalent of going to battle with a little kid to convince them that their imaginary friend does not exist. Logic and science are not going to gain you any ground in a battle with people who believe in something you cannot hear, see, taste, touch, or smell. Furthermore, if God does not exist, then why does He make an aggressive atheist so angry?

Brazen believers are just as perplexing: why is it their mission to have everyone in the world share their faith? Some of them are terrifying in the way they will cram their principles down your throat. Standing on the street corner in front of Planned Parenthood with signs baring pictures of bloody babies is not going to endear the faithless to your cause. Furthermore, why would a brazen believer try so hard to save a soul who has made it clear they do not value your brand of salvation?

Each one of us exists in a reality of our own creation, and to violate another person’s reality by insisting they change what they believe is absurd. You cannot reject the foundation of another person’s life…

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Lauren Langford
Lauren Langford

Written by Lauren Langford

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