Any other atheists just feel an acute intolerance for religious people?

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Almost everyone I've ever got to know in real life has been an atheist, and not by selection. People just don't tend to get indoctrinated now in England. Religions were born out of ignorance, and are perpetuated by indoctrination. People aren't naturally born with a theistic mindset. They may plug holes in their knowledge with vague notions for comfort, but they certainly don't arrive at beliefs about zombie Jews, sky fairies and barbarians cutting the moon in half on their own.