It's ironic that 'free thinkers' are usually the ones telling others what they should or shouldn't think! Doesn't seem very free thinking really. You seem an intelligent chap so I'm sure you can see the contradiction. The definition of dogmatic is one who claims that their principles are undeniably true. You do exactly that when you state that you are correct to criticise those who hold different views as violent, dogmatic and brainwashed. As to your comments on atheism, it traces its roots back centuries - again I'm sure you know that. As for science, Newton, Faraday, Fleming, Clerk-Maxwell, Kelvin etc were all strong Christians who didn't see a contradiction between faith and science. Science after all is undeniable as it's the testing of observable theses. I would contend that macro evolution is not strictly science as it's not observed and can't be tested. It's a theory. Micro evolution is science as it can be observed.