> I'd prefer dissenting rather than militant. I'm not out to kill or conquer you, but I certainly disagree and I'm up for debating it. But it comes from dealing with theists. > >

Sorry man, but I'm not going to read everything you wrote. It just shows how badly you feel you need to demonstrate you're superior to everyone else, which is what I wrote in my original reply.

I don't get militant atheism. It's not as if there isn't a crazy conundrum no matter what you believe. E.g. it's about equally crazy to believe the universe has lasted forever, that it was created from nothing, that a god existed forever, or that a god was created from nothing. We have zero observations to understand what makes sense in that context. So what if some people believe the answer there is something more spiritual?

Additionally, the majority of religious belief, seen through the lens of atheism, is the formalization of conventional wisdom by people who lived out their entire lives centuries ago. It's not fashion nor is it messed up. It's mostly about rejecting certain short-term lifestyles in favor of one that promises stabler, more long-term happiness. E.g. it's quite common for a person having tons of promiscuous sex to enter abusive relationships and be in turmoil. Sex bonds people whether it's rational or not, so it turns out it's not a good idea to start bonding with someone you know nothing about. Similarly, people found if you do drugs all the time, your life can crash and burn, so many religions have rules against that. Religions are all about human nature, and they were liked so much that they passed on first through word of mouth and then through writing for literally thousands of years. Their messages resonate with the human condition.

No one will be passing on your negativity generation to generation, but there surely will be know-it-alls in future generations that prefer to short-circuit all thinking to promote the delusion that they're superior. "It's all so simple. Trust me, I know everything." I'm sorry if your day-to-day thinking is dedicated solely to simplifying everything that makes other people human. You'll likely find, once you age beyond 18-25, that you were mistaken here. It happens to all sorts of people, and it's generally social/life inexperience that promotes such swift simplifications in regards to everything and every argument and every conflict. I'd bet you ignore other tough problems like war. "It's so simple just stop killing others and be fair." Thanks, genius, we know. There happens to be more present than that.