I have zero religious faith and have in the past been an activist in a number of Atheist movements including the first-ever Pakistani Atheist group but these days attempt not to identify as being an atheist due to what I see to be a more sneering, militant group of people using intellectual superiority as a way to push their own belief system ( and thats what identifying as an atheist is) onto others.

What you are saying might be true about certain atheists but it isn't true about atheism in general.

• Atheism is not about beliefs but lack of beliefs.

Having said that, atheists still have beliefs, even if they lack a belief in God.

The whole evil of religion and its negative effects on humanity are due to one group forcing belief systems onto others. Any 'force' is always a form of violence in my opinion.

Hopefully here on the Steem blockchain we can just have good discussions and influence one another in a way that promotes learning and discovery.

I'm not convinced by you differentiating between respecting people and their belief systems as doing so would suggest you underestimate the power of their faith and the system and the person are thus intrinsically combined.

I guess that is one of your beliefs but I personally agree with @arminnavabi.

I think it's help to be willing to let go of our beliefs if they are causing others or ourselves to suffer and that can only be done if we respect others and ourself more than our beliefs.

I look forward to hearing what you have to say and am interested what your aims and end game are.

Thank you @nathen007.

@atheistrepublic is a community of atheists so there is more than one of us. @arminnavabi is the founder but there are 6,000 active members.