Some people like to fight. Conflict doesn't scare or intimidate them because they're just wired that way. You've probably met a few of them in your life.
The "new atheists" are like that. Evolutionary biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins is their pace setter. He's famous for verbally taking the fight to religious folks.
Professor Peter Boghossian, too, is an atheist and a fighter. For instance, he preaches that there is no connection between faith and morality. He's on a crusade to wipe out the idea that people of faith are good people. He wants to "help people lose their faith."
But a fighting spirit may exist in Christians as well, one example being Corey Miller. He started a movement to make the case for Christianity on 150 campuses because, in his words, "The university is a battlefield for the minds and hearts of the future."
These men believe strongly in opposite things and are willing to go toe-to-toe with opponents.
But they have one important thing in common. So, amazingly, these "arch enemies" have become friends and allies.
from The Stream
(cont'd tomorrow)
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