Atheist, Friend or Foe?: What Christians Should Know

.The shout Je suis Charlie by many wanting to defend democracy after the Islamic terrorist attacks on the staff of an Atheist magazine in Paris is but a cry out to what happens when religions treat Atheists as enemies. The Western Christian culture has a history of the same, treating Atheists as foes. Atheist: Friend or Foe? What Christians Should Know - addresses the long history of attacks by Christians on Atheists and reviews contemporary attacks by Christian apologists. In our country with a constitutionally granted freedom of religion and a growing number of Progressive Christians who accept diverse religious views including Atheists and other religious is a conflicting backdrop to the question of why Atheists continue to be labeled foes to Christianity. The answer lies in developing a common understanding and acceptance of the fundamentals of democracy – the independence and interfaces of the three disciplines, religion, science and government.