Why even think about atheism?

[Chad32]

The main reason we talk about this stuff is that someone has to tell these theists not to take their beliefs so seriously. The United /states was the first secular country. The founders saw the wars between protestants and catholics, and decided they didn't want that happening again. The first amendment is for the protection against religious or non religious discrimination, yet Christians have been trying to turn this into a theocracy from day 1. It's gotten to a point that some people legitimately believe this nation was founded on Christian principles, and they put the ten commandments on the supreme court buildings despite the fact that only two are actual laws.

We don't like what theists have done to our country. The Salem witch trials happened here because of religious extremism. We had a war partly because religious southerners thought they had a right to own slaves, and used the bible to justify it. Just recently some lawyer in California tried to pass state mandated execution of gays. Atheists are the most mistrusted minority in the country, for no reason other than theists claiming we have no morals.

I know you want us to get back in the closet, but there's only so much you can push someone down before they start to fight back. Even a dog will bite if it's hit enough times.