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Yet there are those who seem to believe that, just by becoming an atheist, they've proven their superior rationality and are qualified to opine on any subject. Worse, this attitude often comes with an arrogant certainty that they have no need to listen or learn from people who've actually lived through moral dilemmas that are merely abstract to them.<ref>[4 Things the Atheist Movement Has Done Badly (and How to Do Them Better)] by Adam Lee, ''Alternet''</ref>}}
Yet there are those who seem to believe that, just by becoming an atheist, they've proven their superior rationality and are qualified to opine on any subject. Worse, this attitude often comes with an arrogant certainty that they have no need to listen or learn from people who've actually lived through moral dilemmas that are merely abstract to them.<ref>[4 Things the Atheist Movement Has Done Badly (and How to Do Them Better)] by Adam Lee, ''Alternet''</ref>}}
The atheist activist Lee Moore said in a video about the future of the atheist movement and its significant issues with in-fighting, "We're all kind of like self-centered and egocentrical atheists."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvG6LKUbOdk Lee Moore and Steve Shives Talk About the Future of the Atheist Movement]</ref> See also: [[Atheist factions]]
One of the common and well-founded charges against [[atheism|atheists]] is their arrogance and presumptuousness.<ref>
One of the common and well-founded charges against [[atheism|atheists]] is their arrogance and presumptuousness.<ref>