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There are God hating atheists. What I refer to are people who were raised within a powerful belief system. Their atheism is powerfully and emotionally reactive against that belief system and it's ultimate symbol. They profess not to believe in that God but much of their own thought system revolves in a negative sense around it.

Edit: Just a note that the specific term "God Hating Atheist" I take from John Gray's book Seven Types of Atheism.

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I think it's a reasonable response for atheists that were raised in these systems to have this strong negative reaction to that prior belief system.

This "hate", however, is not directed toward an entity this atheist thinks exists. The type of atheist you describe hates the concept of "god" that their prior belief system constructed.

When one comes out of a system that one feels they were duped by for 20+ years (in my case), sure, I retain a powerful, strong, negative reaction to that system and its concept of god.

It does not mean that my disbelief in this god is equivalent to some kind of "religiousness" and to suggest that I think is incredibly naive

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