Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence?

[SteveII]

[...] Steve, why is it so important to you that atheists think your justifications for you belief have merit?  Is it about fulfilling your subscription quota or do our voices substitute for ones you'd be arguing with internally without us?

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I have always regarded evangelism of any stripe, atheist included, as a mark of insecurity.

To answer both of you, the reason I do this is twofold. First, I observe incredible amounts of misconceptions that atheist (and even some Christians) have about Christianity. If I can get one person here to move off their silly positions such as "the Bible IS the claim" or "there is NO evidence", then it was productive. Second, I learn and exercise my mind while I respond to a hundred variations of the question. 

I don't think you could characterize my two goals above as evangelism.