I think atheists are annoying

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I'm not religous either but I get very annoyed and offended everytime I see atheists call somebody an idiot for having religous beliefs. They have no respect for anyone else's opinions because they think anyone who doesn't embrace science and cold hard facts is an idiot, so I guess basically when it comes down to it they really aren't much different from those annoying Christians who are always putting down anyone who is a non-Christain. I just don't like seeing people put other people down for the sake of feeling surperior and atheists are just as guilty of that crap as religous fanatics are.

I have no problems with atheists, but I have noticed the same thing.

Some atheists seem to dwell on and talk about christianity extensively. Almost as if they're trying to convince themselves. They don't talk much about Judaism because that would be anti-Semitic or Islam because that would be Islamaphobic.

The problem I see is that people latch onto scientific conjecture as facts.

All science should start with and strongly emphasize ...

The problem isn't so much what people think, but rather how they act and what they want to have influence over. You can think that'd it'd be kind of moral to throw homosexuals of rooftops because an old book said so if you like, but in a civilized society that's still murder. You can think blood transfusions are immoral and opt not to have one, but if something that simple could have saved you childs life and you decided fossilized philosophy was more important, I'm still going to call you a neglectful child abuser and probably murderer. You can think divine decree says genital mutilation is the best thing ever, but only your genitals are yours to mutilate and you are free to do so when you're old enough to make that decision. You can think the Earth is 6000 years old and that it was created in seven days if you like, but we're not going to stop teaching verifiable facts in schools because it hurts your feelings.

You are entitled to your own opinions, not your own facts.

I believe it when you say that's what you hear. I'm not so convinced that's what they're actually saying. And I Think a hard truth is preferrable to hollow assurances from someone who cannot possibly know what they're saying is true.

I'm an atheist but I respect others' religious beliefs. When it comes to science and religion, I'd be fine if someone is a devoutly religious biology teacher who teaches evolution when in reality, he/she doesn't truly believe in it. As long as science doesn't get in the way of religion and religion doesn't get in the way of science, it's absolutely okay to believe what you want to believe.

I have had very few problems with atheists, especially after a couple of beers. The ones that want to ridicule me for my beliefs are easily ignored, and the rest are actually fun to have around.