Brian37 Wrote:I am talking about your back of the bus attitude of expecting us not to say anything even if it is merely expressing empathy
You keep stating this but have given no examples of this happening. When has an atheist ever been told not to express empathy?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell