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Originally Posted by kerry
Duty is a big part of it. But definitely not all of it. Why do quantum physicists want to convince Newtonian physicists that they have an inadequate physical theory? Because the quantum physicist thinks they are right and the Newtonians wrong. Similarly with religious people.
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I guess so, but I don't put a lot of effort into trying to convince others to be atheists. I don't really care what others believe, or don't believe (as long as they are not in a position of imposing their beliefs on others). Maybe I just have more important things to worry about.
I also, don't really understand the motivation of atheists who go out of their way to "disprove" the existence of someone else's god; why do they care? I do understand why rational people fight against mythology being taught as science in schools and influencing government policy, but that is really a different issue.