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Originally Posted by Shaun

I think it's a little unfair to compare militant atheists with militant theists. There's a whole range of atrocities committed in the name of people "shoving God down your throat"... what's the worst Ricky Gervais or another unforgiving atheist has done? Pissed you off on Twitter?

People committing atrocities in the name of God are extremists in the name of a belief, you can't really have an equivalent extremist behaviour in the name of not having a belief, if that makes sense. But on a purely verbal level, they're just as bad as each other. Having somebody belittle people on the basis of what they believe is just as bad as belittling people on the basis of what they don't believe. I find it annoying when religious people try to get me to share my views, just as I find it annoying when non-religious people try to ridicule religion. That's just my stance, and even having that stance I don't feel comfortable discussing religion and rarely enter such debates.