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There\u2019s a refreshing honesty in modern atheism that is getting more and more brash about its desire to eradicate religion from public society<\/a>. \u00a0Sure, most radical atheists will still deny that they yearn for a good old USSR style contempt for religion on an official, societal level. \u00a0But when it comes to their actions, you\u2019d have to be a fool to miss the trends. \u00a0Harpo Marx once said that when he returned to Germany in the 1930s to visit his family\u2019s roots, he could just tell. \u00a0Walking down the streets, seeing people, watching things \u2013 he just felt it in the air that something horrible was going to happen. \u00a0We\u2019re not there yet. \u00a0But the modern atheists, like the radical groups of Central Europe in the 1920s, are more than happy to proclaim what they want to happen. \u00a0Now will Christians in particular and believers in general unite in time? \u00a0Or will we continue to demand a superiority and purity from every other believer that we ourselves could never provide before we join to stop the momentum? \u00a0Not all atheists are like this of course. \u00a0And this little piece<\/a> picked up by Mark Shea shows that some, even if their overall dislike of religion remains, are honest enough to see the disturbing signs on the other side of the metaphysical aisle.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a refreshing honesty in modern atheism that is getting more and more brash about its desire to eradicate religion from public society. \u00a0Sure, most radical atheists will still deny that they yearn for a good old USSR style contempt for religion on an official, societal level. \u00a0But when it comes to their actions, you\u2019d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nAtheists pine for the American Soviet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There's a refreshing honesty in modern atheism that is getting more and more brash about its desire to eradicate religion from public society.  Sure,\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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