>People who refuse to live and let live when it comes to religion. In my experience, the atheists are worse than born-again types for this.
Funny - as an atheist all I ever seem to get is god botherers wanting me to 'see the light' and 'accept Jesus as my personal saviour'. I don't go knocking on peoples doors trying to flog my lack of belief. I don't stand on street corners preaching to the theists. Sure I'll stand up and be counted at reason rallies and the like but I don't picket churches, no matter how fundamental they are or how wrong I think they are.

I don't have a problem with people having faith just as long as they don't preach to me for not having it and I certainly don't know of any atheists who preach like you seem to think we do. Just because we chose to listen to fact and science as opposed to ancient texts and like to think and question things - well that is a lifestyle - not a form of preaching. I just think in all honestly you just wanted to get a cheap dig in - well your call.
(Waynster James Joyce is fucking my sister!, Mon 16 Apr 2012, 22:10, 2 replies)

^this

(imallamallama looking forward to llamageddon on, Tue 17 Apr 2012, 0:25, closed)

"we"?
I notice you've immediately assumed that, because I said I've found atheists to be worse than most when it comes to intolerance of other people's beliefs, that I am, in some way religious? Well I'm not, I'm firmly in the "atheist" camp, I just don't ever feel the need to "educate" others as to why they might be wrong, in my optinion. Which, by the way, you've kinda done yourself in your reply.

In my experience, the pervading attitude of those who choose to believe in one religion or another is "well, that's your choice" when someone says they have a different opinion on the mattter. However, I know many vocal atheists who feel the need to point out that people who disagree with them are wrong at every opportunity, normally by implying that they don't question things, don't think about their beliefs or are somehow anti-fact and anti-science. Talk about your cheap digs...

As for knocking on doors, I don't see any difference between that a chugger knocking on my door - they're both doing something they believe in. They also both get the same answer: a polite "no" and a closed door.
(ScousersPet, Wed 18 Apr 2012, 11:47, closed)