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I totally agree with that. I've met and seen my fair share of fundamentalist americans, british and dutch people for instance.

All believing that which ever country they were putting forward was the best regardless of evidence.

And by that definition, yes there ARE fundamentalist atheists who even IF evidence was shown to them regarding de existance of a god....would still not believe it and come up with an alternate story i.e. it must've been a trick, you're lying to me, I must have been drugged etc etc.

No-one is calling all atheists fundamentalists.....but there are atheists that are fundamentalists.
Quoting the great atheist advocate Richard Dawkins:

"The true scientist, however passionately he may “believe”, in evolution for example, knows exactly what would change his mind: evidence! The fundamentalist knows that nothing will."[41]

Richard Dawkins, "How dare you call me a fundamentalist: The right to criticize ‘faith-heads’," The Times, May 12, 2007

Implying that it's also possible for someone who doesn't believe in anything to continue in that state regardless of evidence.

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

7And by that definition, yes there ARE fundamentalist atheists who even IF evidence was shown to them regarding de existance of a god....would still not believe it and come up with an alternate story i.e. it must've been a trick, you're lying to me, I must have been drugged etc etc.

So you are saying there is good evidence for god and atheists are ignoring it?

Wouldn't that make every atheist a fundamentalist by your definition?

If you aren't saying there is good evidence for god then how can you make the claim that an atheist would ignore it?

Originally Posted by NYCshaver

So you are saying there is good evidence for god and atheists are ignoring it?

Wouldn't that make every atheist a fundamentalist by your definition?

If you aren't saying there is good evidence for god then how can you make the claim that an atheist would ignore it?

That is NOT what he is saying.

I invite you to please re-read the post. It is a hypothetical situation, trying to point out how an atheist CAN be a fundamentalist.

Originally Posted by Glenn24

It is a hypothetical situation, trying to point out how an atheist CAN be a fundamentalist.

once again ...

Originally Posted by xman

This is simply incorrect. There are no fundamentals of atheism, no dogma, no book, no anointed bishops, etc. As mentioned, an atheist may be fervent, passionate, even unyielding, but 'fundamentalist' is attributing a quality which is technically absent. At best it may be metaphorical.

Originally Posted by Glenn24

That is NOT what he is saying.

I invite you to please re-read the post. It is a hypothetical situation, trying to point out how an atheist CAN be a fundamentalist.

He said:

"And by that definition, yes there ARE fundamentalist atheists"

Looks like he's saying there are ones.