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Bluster and mockery is often a substitute for competence and is a result of arrogance and complacency - it can quickly pop like a balloon.<ref>[http://lauravanderkam.com/2013/05/confidence-competence/ Confidence and competence]</ref>
Bluster and mockery is often a substitute for competence and is a result of arrogance and complacency - it can quickly pop like a balloon.<ref>[http://lauravanderkam.com/2013/05/confidence-competence/ Confidence and competence]</ref>
[[File:Old Nietzsche, 1899.JPG|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Friedrich Nietzsche]] wrote: "But now God is dead. You superior men, this God was your greatest danger. Only since he is in the grave, have you risen again. Only now comes the great noontide; only now the superior man will be – Lord!"
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The picture of Nietzsche above was taken in 1899. Nietzsche died in 1900.]]
One of the common and well-founded charges against [[atheism|atheists]] is their arrogance and presumptuousness.<ref>
*[http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/cri/cri-jrnl/web/crj0131a.html Putting the Atheist on the Defensive] by Kenneth R. Samples, Christian Research Institute Journal, Fall 1991, and Winter 1992, page 7.
*[http://www.equip.org/articles/the-presumptuousness-of-atheism/ The Presumptuousness of Atheism] by Paul Copan, Christian Research Institute
*[http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/arrogance-atheists-batter-believers-religion-smug-certainty-article-1.469613 The arrogance of the atheists: They batter believers in religion with smug certainty] -'' New York Daily Times'' by the atheist [[S.E. Cupp]], December 29, 2010
*[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100230985/how-atheists-became-the-most-colossally-smug-and-annoying-people-on-the-planet/ How atheists became the most colossally smug and annoying people on the planet] by atheist Brendan O'Neill, ''The Telegraph'', August 14th, 2013
*[http://www.christianpost.com/news/how-anger-fuels-atheistic-arrogance-58281/ How anger fuels atheistic arrogance] - ''Christian Post'' By Dan Delzell, October 17, 2011
*[http://atheismexposed.tripod.com/atheist_arrogance.htm Militant atheist arrogance and pride] - Militant Atheism Exposed website</ref>
== Sparsity of large atheist gatherings and a lack of atheist revivals ==
== Sparsity of large atheist gatherings and a lack of atheist revivals ==