New York City Atheists Upset With Street Sign Containing The Word "Heaven"

[E.Ville]

I thought we were better than this...

Just because you're an atheist (or some other brand of freethinker) doesn't mean your rational. It just means you don't have a specific irrational belief.

As for the issue, it may help to do some substitution and see how it works

"Olympus Way"
"Valhalla Way"
"Nirvana Way"
"Happy Hunting Grounds Way"

I'd be fine with living on any of these streets and wouldn't feel as if someone were forcing religion on me.

Atheism is not to be regarded as an innocent movement. Why?

Because the moment you start to be bothered by simple expressions such as the use of words to denote places; it suggests that there is more than a healthy "rejection of falsehood and illusion".

I mean look at it; the word heaven does not even necessarily have to have anything to do with the idea of God or religion. Heaven could just imply a blissful experience...

For atheists to have a problem with something that simply suggests an idea of God or religious concepts, represents something more than a healthy criticism.