Are Atheists a little too defensive?

[Lethe]

I only "attack" the views of others in debate, or if they happen to say something so utterly moronic it merits immediate correction. I also have an inclination for correction in general. Mostly self-correction as I've learned to let the subtle mistakes of others slide. I can be hard to follow because of the self-correction impulse though. I'll be in the middle of a long-winded tangent, realize a mistake I made relating to it's beginning, jump back to that mistake and correct it, then jump back again to where I'd interrupted myself.

Oh how I'd tear myself a new one if I were religious...