Which group do you find most annoying?

[JSojourner]

Option one, easily.  Though pro-lifer is a term that is disputable.  Someone like Inks or Phil is pro-life.  Someone who screams epithets and threats at women, commits vandalism or even murder is just pro-stupidity or perhaps pro-theocracy.

Militant Atheists annoy me but I know very few.  Most of the Atheists I know are extremely supportive of my right to believe as I do.  And one Atheist friend is actually quite active in voicing her concern about persecuted religious minorities around the world.

Militant non-smokers offend me, though I confess, I benefit from the anti-smoking culture.  I cannot be in places where there is much smoking for very long.  And as someone who is addicted to coffee, diet cola and food...who am I to point fingers at my pals who want to light up? 

[JSojourner]

I'm a pretty atheistic person, but I have to say the militant atheists piss me off. They're the people who can't sleep because the word "God" is written on the currency. They're the people who cross out the word "God" on every dollar bill they have. I mean stuff like that is just excessive. There is a difference between not believing in religion and hating religion. By becoming virulently anti-religion they in fact become a cult, which I also despise because a cult implies something that is crazy which is exactly what militant atheists are.

Militant prolifers, people like Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, or Sally Kearn who want to vindicate the actions of people who bomb abortion clinics and murder doctors.....that disgusts me. I'm going to refrain from going on further to avoid saying something I may regret later.

I probably have to say out of the three militant non smokers are the most annoying. What the hell is their hangup? Why are they so butthurt about my right as a smoker to slowly kill myself? Smoking is a lifestyle, okay? People who have problems with people smoking aren't anti-smoking, they're pro-assholes.

Love your posts and am glad you're here Mech.

It's not just Atheists who are militant about removing "God" from currency.  I am pretty adamant about that too. As a Christian, I think putting God's "name" on filthy lucre cheapens both state and church.

But your point is well-taken.  I know some Atheists who go out of their way simply to say horrifically offensive things about cherished religious leaders.  One fellow used to refer to Jesus Christ in such a disgusting manner, I had to stop accepting his emails.  Not that it isn't his right.  But I just couldn't read his rants without being deeply saddened. I hasten to say, however, no small number of Atheists in our email string were quick to scold him and remind him that tolerance works both ways.  I am still proud to count them among my dearest friends.  I find them to be "typical" Atheists.  Sadly, however, the atypical ones are usually loudest and most noticeable.  (Same goes for almost any faction.)

[JSojourner]

I'm a pretty atheistic person, but I have to say the militant atheists piss me off. They're the people who can't sleep because the word "God" is written on the currency. They're the people who cross out the word "God" on every dollar bill they have. I mean stuff like that is just excessive. There is a difference between not believing in religion and hating religion. By becoming virulently anti-religion they in fact become a cult, which I also despise because a cult implies something that is crazy which is exactly what militant atheists are.

Militant prolifers, people like Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, or Sally Kearn who want to vindicate the actions of people who bomb abortion clinics and murder doctors.....that disgusts me. I'm going to refrain from going on further to avoid saying something I may regret later.

I probably have to say out of the three militant non smokers are the most annoying. What the hell is their hangup? Why are they so butthurt about my right as a smoker to slowly kill myself? Smoking is a lifestyle, okay? People who have problems with people smoking aren't anti-smoking, they're pro-assholes.

Love your posts and am glad you're here Mech.

It's not just Atheists who are militant about removing "God" from currency.  I am pretty adamant about that too. As a Christian, I think putting God's "name" on filthy lucre cheapens both state and church.

But your point is well-taken.  I know some Atheists who go out of their way simply to say horrifically offensive things about cherished religious leaders.  One fellow used to refer to Jesus Christ in such a disgusting manner, I had to stop accepting his emails.  Not that it isn't his right.  But I just couldn't read his rants without being deeply saddened. I hasten to say, however, no small number of Atheists in our email string were quick to scold him and remind him that tolerance works both ways.  I am still proud to count them among my dearest friends.  I find them to be "typical" Atheists.  Sadly, however, the atypical ones are usually loudest and most noticeable.  (Same goes for almost any faction.)

Time for my dickhead comment for the day:

I'm against removing the word "God" from currency? Why? Because I think currency and God have something in common: Both are used by many people and later recycled through the system for use by someone else many times and lose value over the years, lol.

Honestly though, I don't care. As long as it's there for me to spend I wouldn't care if it even said something like "Raping babies is awwwwwwwesome!"

Your inner Libertarian is showing!  LOL

Well, I get what your saying and actually, your point about people using money like a god or using God like money is quite profound.  That actually has much to do with my view of wanting to protect religion from the state.  (Though I am quite adamant about protecting the state from religion, too.)

I take my Christian faith very seriously (the protestations of one or two here notwithstanding) and I worry that the worship of mammon has come to replace the worship of God in many Christian homes and traditions...sometimes, in my own.  I don't think removing "In God We Trust" from money will solve the problem, no.  But I do think...at the very least...it should be changed to read, "IN THIS WE TRUST".

Truth in advertising, yanno.  ;-)