(December 20, 2011 at 6:02 am)Ace Otana Wrote: Hate that. I mean who's stopping them from going to church? Who's attacking them for coming out as a theist. Who's stopping them from knocking on our doors early in the morning. And yet, if someone quite simply lacks their belief, they are attacked, at risk of losing friends and family and in some cases, their very lives are at risk. Yet these crazy religious nut jobs have the nerve to complain about being persecuted?!
Bugger them all to hades.
In my life, I have not been personally persecuted as an atheist, in general. However, it does nothing for my sense of well-being to see stuff like that.
There was one instance where a family member made me feel uncomfortable. An uncle by marriage was giving a speech at my grandmother's memorial party. He was talking about how they would all see her again. Being the only outspoken atheist in my family (my father is an atheist, but does not talk about it, out of boredom with the topic), I was a little peeved when he added, "even those of you who do not think so." or something along those lines. Yeah, like you don't think I'm going straight to hell.
