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→Atheism and obsession with God
The Christian blog ''Words of a Fether'' declared:
The Christian blog ''Words of a Fether'' declared:
{{cquote|An obsession is when something or someone dominates a person’s mind. So what else can it be called when so many [[atheism|atheists]] spend large amounts of time and effort in [[Christianity|Christian]] venues such as message boards and blogs, arguing and mocking incessantly? Who else spends more time on what they don’t believe than what they do believe? If all unprovable beliefs are the same, why don’t atheists put forth the same effort to combat belief in the tooth fairy or pink unicorns on Mars? Are Christians really any less consistent than atheists?<ref>[http://www.fether.net/index.php?page=refuting-atheism-a-quick-reference/ Refuting atheism]</ref>}}
{{cquote|An obsession is when something or someone dominates a person’s mind. So what else can it be called when so many [[atheism|atheists]] spend large amounts of time and effort in [[Christianity|Christian]] venues such as message boards and blogs, arguing and mocking incessantly? Who else spends more time on what they don’t believe than what they do believe? If all unprovable beliefs are the same, why don’t atheists put forth the same effort to combat belief in the tooth fairy or pink unicorns on Mars? Are Christians really any less consistent than atheists?<ref>[http://www.fether.net/index.php?page=refuting-atheism-a-quick-reference/ Refuting atheism]</ref>}}
== Orphelia Benson and incivility/profanity ==
''See also:'' [[Atheist hypocrisy]]
Ophelia Benson is an American atheist, [[feminism|feminist]], [[author]], editor and blogger. She is known for using the word f*#@wit and she claims the word is not a vulgar word.<ref>[http://www.skepticink.com/avant-garde/2014/07/27/ophelia-benson/ The Ophelia Benson canard]</ref><ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/07/26/joint-statement-by-ophelia-benson-and-richard-dawkins/ Joint statement by Ophelia Benson and Richard Dawkins] (see comment section)</ref> Despite commonly using this vulgar epithet, she published a joint statement with the agnostic [[Richard Dawkins]] indicating that atheists should behave in a civil manner and not engage in behavior such as using vulgar epithets.<ref>[http://www.skepticink.com/avant-garde/2014/07/27/ophelia-benson/ The Ophelia Benson canard]</ref> See also: [[Atheist hypocrisy]]
American society and other societies in the world see the use of profanity by women to be particularly unmannerly. Woman who engage in profanity are commonly deemed to be vulgar/uncouth individuals and this is especially the case in religious areas of the world. For example, in 2014, a mother in [[South Carolina]] who swore in front of her children in public was arrested for disorderly conduct.<ref>[Mom Arrested for Swearing in Front of Kids at the Grocery Store, but What the Woman Who Tattled on Her Did Afterward Is Just as Surprising], ''The Blaze'', Aug. 15, 2014 4:41pm</ref>
== Irony of atheist hypocrisy ==
== Irony of atheist hypocrisy ==