"Don't take away people's hope"

[AFTT47]

The trouble is that there’s no scenario in which a persons belief - doesn’t- effect others.  That’s just the nature of belief.

So we plug our noses....and hey, nothing wrong with that.

I can't argue with that. But we have to choose our battles.

Part of what determines the rate at which religious belief declines is the perception of the non-religious - like us. If we are perceived as heartless bastards that want to take away hope from people on their death bed, that will adversely affect the rate of decline. Conversely, if we are perceived more as live-and-let-live types, the masses will feel more comfortable with embracing our point of view.