mcbride
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With apologies to the spectacular Vendaval, I find, MissAsylum, that if I take the first use of the word 'religious' out of the quote below, it's a startlingly good match for what I've found.
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ORIGINAL: Vendaval
IME, the hard-core religious zealots are the ones most resistant to differing views. People with moderate religious beliefs, agnostics and atheists are usually more give and take. It seems a matter of degree and how inflexible their own belief system is that determines their open-mindedness.
There are people with inflexible beliefs at both ends of the spectrum. Some cloak their personal obsessions in the mantle of science, some in God, which obviously does no credit to God or science.
In terms of who presents "more resistance", to answer your question, I don't see a difference, because they're the same people. The only thing that's changed is that non-belief is on the upswing in North America and some other places, so a larger percentage of that pool reflects trend, but while those zealots are vocal, on both sides, it remains a small minority of atheists and people of faith.
Interesting topic, though, in terms of how different socialization in each group might affect how those individuals justify the degree and tone of their proselytizing. 30 pages, easy. *s*
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