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''See also:'' [[Atheism and irrationality]] and [[Atheism and arrogance]] and [[Rebuttals to atheist arguments]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and irrationality]] and [[Atheism and arrogance]] and [[Rebuttals to atheist arguments]]

Freethinker moniker - Atheists go by the self-gratulatory moniker of freethinker.  Yet, [[militant atheism|militant atheists]] commonly have stifled the free speech [[theism|theists]] whenever they have had the power to do so - especially the free speech of [[Christianity|Christians]] (See:  [[Militant atheism]] and [[Atheism and communism]] and [[Suppression of alternatives to evolution]] and [[Atheist bullying]]).   

[[Freethought|Freethinker]] moniker - Atheists go by the self-gratulatory moniker of freethinker.  Yet, [[militant atheism|militant atheists]] commonly have stifled the free speech [[theism|theists]] whenever they have had the power to do so - especially the free speech of [[Christianity|Christians]] (See:  [[Militant atheism]] and [[Atheism and communism]] and [[Suppression of alternatives to evolution]] and [[Atheist bullying]]).   

[[Dinesh D'Souza]] has pointed out that atheists have focused considerable efforts on the public schools in order to indoctrinate young people into atheistic beliefs.<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/dineshdsouza/2007/10/22/the_atheist_indoctrination_project/page/full The atheist indoctrination project]</ref> In addition, [[Judaism|Jewish]] columnist [[Dennis Prager]] has stated that a [[Causes of atheism|causal factor of atheism]] is the "secular indoctrination of a generation."<ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=43734</ref> Prager stated that "From elementary school through graduate school, only one way of looking at the world – the secular – is presented. The typical individual in the [[Western World|Western world]] receives as secular an indoctrination as the typical European received a religious one in the [[Middle Ages]]."  <ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=4373</ref>  Also, in [[communism|communist]] countries (such as the former [[Soviet Union]]) atheistic indoctrination occurred in the educational system through such venues as schools, atheist museums, and clubs.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=BGJtDwJ7aPwC&pg=PA325&lpg=PA325&dq=atheistic+upbringing+and+atheism&source=bl&ots=eQlq1dZfMj&sig=Xm__18YZpV5L0O8VVzgAc9YiSCc&hl=en&ei=yOy1S76CGcWAlAedg5FR&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBIQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=atheistic%20upbringing%20and%20atheism&f=false Marxist-Leninist 'Scientific Atheism' and the Study of Religion and Atheism By James Thrower, page 325]</ref><ref>[http://www.lituanus.org/1963/63_1_01.htm Communism's Struggle with Religion in Lithuania]</ref>  Atheistic communist countries are known to be among the most repressive countries in the world.

[[Dinesh D'Souza]] has pointed out that atheists have focused considerable efforts on the public schools in order to indoctrinate young people into atheistic beliefs.<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/dineshdsouza/2007/10/22/the_atheist_indoctrination_project/page/full The atheist indoctrination project]</ref> In addition, [[Judaism|Jewish]] columnist [[Dennis Prager]] has stated that a [[Causes of atheism|causal factor of atheism]] is the "secular indoctrination of a generation."<ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=43734</ref> Prager stated that "From elementary school through graduate school, only one way of looking at the world – the secular – is presented. The typical individual in the [[Western World|Western world]] receives as secular an indoctrination as the typical European received a religious one in the [[Middle Ages]]."  <ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?pageId=4373</ref>  Also, in [[communism|communist]] countries (such as the former [[Soviet Union]]) atheistic indoctrination occurred in the educational system through such venues as schools, atheist museums, and clubs.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=BGJtDwJ7aPwC&pg=PA325&lpg=PA325&dq=atheistic+upbringing+and+atheism&source=bl&ots=eQlq1dZfMj&sig=Xm__18YZpV5L0O8VVzgAc9YiSCc&hl=en&ei=yOy1S76CGcWAlAedg5FR&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CBIQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=atheistic%20upbringing%20and%20atheism&f=false Marxist-Leninist 'Scientific Atheism' and the Study of Religion and Atheism By James Thrower, page 325]</ref><ref>[http://www.lituanus.org/1963/63_1_01.htm Communism's Struggle with Religion in Lithuania]</ref>  Atheistic communist countries are known to be among the most repressive countries in the world.