Sure, it's not the greatest being an atheist in this country. No one bats an eye when someone says something hateful towards atheists. But it's a hell of a lot worse for atheists in other countries, and that's the perspective I choose to take on the whole thing.
That's not to say people should get a pass for saying hateful things, but the insults are like water on a duck's back to me. I'd much rather be a hated atheist than a loved believer any day. I prefer reality to delusion.
That's not to say people should get a pass for saying hateful things, but the insults are like water on a duck's back to me. I'd much rather be a hated atheist than a loved believer any day. I prefer reality to delusion.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
