The other thing I have said over and over is this.
I DO NOT hate my fellow humans. I love my mom and she was my biggest supporter, but just like religion, if she went around every day claiming, "The New England Patriots beat the Houston Astros in the Stanley Cup" every single day, I'd still love her, but the claim would still drive me nuts.
But no, if theists or even atheists think I should shut up when religion is used to justify bigotry/xenophobia/homophobia/science denial, or violence, no, I will not be quiet and will not be polite about it. If our species never questioned social norms we would not have our modern pluralistic west.
I DO NOT hate my fellow humans. I love my mom and she was my biggest supporter, but just like religion, if she went around every day claiming, "The New England Patriots beat the Houston Astros in the Stanley Cup" every single day, I'd still love her, but the claim would still drive me nuts.
But no, if theists or even atheists think I should shut up when religion is used to justify bigotry/xenophobia/homophobia/science denial, or violence, no, I will not be quiet and will not be polite about it. If our species never questioned social norms we would not have our modern pluralistic west.