Reply #54: Are some of our "aggressors" less courageous in real life? [View All]

I was raised Catholic in rural Texas--enjoyed learning about the faith but was never devout. For many years now, I've considered myself agnostic or atheist--with a strong interest in myth, legend & comparative religion. I've also studied up on the Christian Reconstructionists--the dangerous types who have politicized religion. They're several steps beyond Fundamentalists and/or Evangelicals and quite dangerous.

Are some of the more aggressive "Christian Bashers" less forthcoming about their beliefs offline? Are they still supported by family members who demand they show signs of a faith they no longer possess? Are they afraid to speak their minds around their friends & co-workers? Are they "reformed" hard-core religious types who are, in fact, ashamed of their past? But it's easy to be a ruff & tuff atheist online....

And one or two of them may be disrupters.