But fundamentalist atheists are mostly just annoying, because mostly they don't believe their beliefs should be enforced by the state.
Except for the ones in the former Soviet Union, contemporary China and sometimes France. ;-)
because they believed in a (somewhat) pluralist state (at least by the standards of the time)
Well, it was more of a case that their religion was more pluralist. Even the most radical secular rationalists, the Mutazilite, still completely tied Church and State together.
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Date: 2005-10-03 02:47 am (UTC)Except for the ones in the former Soviet Union, contemporary China and sometimes France. ;-)
because they believed in a (somewhat) pluralist state (at least by the standards of the time)
Well, it was more of a case that their religion was more pluralist. Even the most radical secular rationalists, the Mutazilite, still completely tied Church and State together.