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Monday, December 05, 2005

Zealotry Of Both The godless and Godly Variety

James Taranto: “Some readers took offense at our item Friday in which we accused atheists of acting ‘like jerks all the time.’ We were engaging in a little hyperbole, but we think we’re entitled. As we have written, we are not a religious believer. What’s more, we used to be a militant atheist, from roughly age 5 through 17, when we realized that militant atheism is silly and that being a militant atheist is tantamount to, well, being a jerk.”

I suspect his small biography describes many more American conservatives than thought by those for whom the phrase ‘religious right’ rolls off the tongue.

Posted on December 5, 2005 09:52 PM. Permalink