Yes, you claimed that SOME atheists are evangelical - the ones - as he points out that "When curbstomped and spanked like lil' bitches, they will try to claim atheists are "fundamentalists" or "evangelical," ..."

You simply missed his point.

Whatever balderdash is, it's a nitpick. He does it fairly consistently.

No offence Barnes, but I must admit I have seen classier and better taste avatars in my time.

God forbid anyone have an openmind. 

So now self proclaimed atheists are telling everyone else what their views "should" be.

The telling point, of someone who has a weak philosophy or a strong one, is whether or not  they can sell their point of view without the desperate need to attack someone else's.

I once had an evangelical come up to me and explain why my "looking for the truth" is ridiculous since it was "right there".  He tended to show how my belief system and views were ridiculous and childish.  And then he finished by stating that his was the only way.  So I allowed him his say and asked him to leave.

I had another evangelical who said absolutely nothing about what I thought or believed in, other than applauding the fact that I was looking and trying to live my life along the same lines as my philosophy.  He said he and his family were very happy being born again christians and they enjoyed sharing their glad message.  And so on... It was rare that I am impressed by such sincerity.

The atheists most active on this board are like those evangelical christians who denigrate other religions claiming theirs is the only way (its not bad to claim yours is the only way, it is bad however to denigrate others who aren't as convinced as you are).  I don't consider them worthy of the same level of respect for their actions.

The problem Balder's bullshit notion about open-mindedness is that he's so open-minded, his brain's fallen rought out his head.

He's attempting to paint it as closed-minded not to believe in magical faerietales, and "open-minded" if you do. This is, yet again, a typical tactic used by Christians and Agnosticis alike. It's similar to how Fox News calls everyone "extreme" when they oppose them, regardless if they are wrong or right. Case in point: Richard Dawkins. Incredibly intelligent, lucid, and informed man. Because he's passionate about his correct position, he's "extreme" just like Mullahs. Yea, bullshit. They are abusing the concept of toleration and extending it to ideas that are blately false, nonsense. Just saying it's bullshit is tantamount to prejudice and discrimination nowadays, which is absurd. This successfully puts YOu on the defensive while taking the attention away from them and their bogus claims.

This coincides with the tactic of redefining what you are so they can better strawman you.

Another example is how the word "liberal" is a dirty word today. they have successfully used pavlovian pyschology to make people associate "bad" with something just the opposite. Christians are attempting to attack atheism via the same method.

You see there is where you are both crass and ignorant..  I don't care what you believe, I don't attack the idea of being an atheist.  I don't believe in it, but you poor benighted fool, I am not a christian either.  Or anything for that matter, I am still looking.

You guys seem are the bigots who attack religion and toleration and then whine when someone calls you on it.  Your mindset is he one in which crosses are burned, as well as books and people are turned to ash.  Intellectually, nothing better than pitiful trailer trash when you attack people because of their belief systems and cannot even or a second extol to anyone your own system and why you think its great, that is without denigrating the other side.  It reflects the base stupidity that you inculcate into your own belief system.

Amen!!! Brutha!!

My thoughts exactly.