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“Atheist arrogance”

This is a cross-post by Valerie Tarico, author of The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth and the founder of Wisdom Commons. Many thanks to Valerie.
Atheists are arrogant. Who hasn’t heard it?
Arrogance is just one of their repellent qualities, of course. They are also ungenerous, cold, lonely, untrustworthy, amoral, and aggressive. You shouldn’t leave them [...]

UW’s Secular Student Union weighs in

Valerie Tarico writes:

I honor Dan Barker’s work to call attention to the dark side of religion.  Month after month, he and his wife Annie Laurie Gaylor defend kids who are tormented at school because they aren’t Christians.  They give voice to young freethinkers.  They file anti-discrimination lawsuits.  They labor to keep science classes rigorous and social services fair. [...]