Though I sympathize with the plight of atheism (both militant and non-militant), you are wrong about your very alliterative definition of militant as someone wh

Though I sympathize with the plight of atheism (both militant and non-militant), you are wrong about your very alliterative definition of militant as someone who wields weapons and wages war. militant |ˈmilətənt| adjective combative and aggressive in support of a political or social cause, and typically favoring extreme, violent, or confrontational methods: a militant nationalist.