Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?

[Valyza1]

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Even if that's true for all Mormons, that they don't understand their own beliefs (and there's no way to know that), I fail to see how mockery helps.  Children don't understand what they're doing when they pretend to do grown up tasks.  Is ridicule really going to help them grow up?  It serves no purpose but to gratify the person doing the ridiculing, and it's a cheap gratification to boot.  You can't expect anyone in the wrong to learn something when they are on the defensive.  

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This is an atheist forum.

Any theist who comes here has to understand that she will not be showered with praise past the introduction page.

Theists have their own safe forums, and an atheist forum is a safe space for atheists.

We reserve the right to ridicule theism here.

What we attempt to avoid is ridiculing the theist who posts here.

Not sure what safety has to do with any of this, and I'm not talking about rights. I agree that ridicule is your right. Anyone has a right to ridicule anything they don't understand. It doesn't mean it's the best way to approach it, nor does it mean I'm undermining that right by pointing that out.