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As a militant anti-theist I have informed myself about the most influential theist on earth. He was heading the most influential, superstitious, conservative, dogmatic organisation in the world and his views and speeches still shape policy in my country and the union of countries it exists in. Where I have to suffer under or combat every policy idea the people influenced by him impose on me, as I hold views diametrically opposed to his. Keeping myself and those around me informed about the hollowness of the public image of these enemies of modernity is one of the few ways to fight back against theist feel-good propaganda.
How you think I could have done otherwise is beyond me.
It seems to me like saying people should ignore bad actors instead of actively opposing them.
"militant anti theist" I think the world you're looking for si "fanatic atheists" bro lmao, I'm sure that's what your call 'militant theists'.
There is a difference between atheism and anti-theism.
I am an atheist, which means I don't accept the proposition of the existence of a god as true.
I am a strong or gnostic atheist, which means I am convinced that the answer to the question if a god exists is knowable and that the answer is no, no god exists.
I am an anti-theist, which means I am convinced that theism (the unfounded, superstitious belief in a god) is a bad influence on the human civilisation.
I am a militant anti-theist, in that I feel I have to vigorously defend the scientific and civilizational accomplishments of my society against the ever present encroachment of superstition in the form of theism that wants to press its bad and wrong morals and ethics on my community.
Most atheists aren't anti-theists.
Edit: If I am a fanatic would entirely depend on your definition of fanaticism.
I am quite convinced that my position is not uncritical as I have arrived on it through critical thinking and am prepared to leave my position if shown convincing evidence or logical flaws in my position. This I would regard as very much opposed to zeal.
I also would take issue with the word obsessive, as it connotes excessive, unrelenting, unyielding and headstrong. Because I would very much love to abandon having to defend my values, I simply feel that I can't when they are under attack.