Becoming an angry atheist

[Natachan]

So as time passes I find myself becoming less tolerant of religious BS and of religion in general. When I first came out I was around religious moderates and reasonable people. I told them I disagreed with them, but if they got something out of it whatever. It just wasn't for me. And they were all very understanding. And in my university, well it's a university. Such things are widely accepted there (even in oklahoma).

However recently some folks have been blathering on Facebook about the damn "war on Xmas" and how this should be a godly nation. And I try not to comment. Whatever. It's their page, they can believe what they want. But the oh-so-subtle attacks are starting to get to me.

I'm getting sick of hearing subtle jibes against me. I'm getting sick of people I care about thoughtlessly reposting and sharing such sentiments. And I'm nearly at the point of calling out some people publicly on it.

And I'm generally not an angry atheist. I love christmas. I like Easter. If you privately want a religious celebration on your personal property, or on church property, great! Go for it! I'm just sick of public officials subtly implying that to be a proper american I have to follow their beliefs.

kidding though on a side note they do not know what speak of.
they have no idea how stupid they sound and the fact being they believe something that was written six thousand years ago by people and believed it they have issues.

Mr Natachan says that they don't realize they're being hurtful. He says that the old people who are doing it are just desperate and grasping at straws as they get older. And for those who are 65-70+ I can at least sympathize a bit. But I've blocked my sister-in-law because she pisses me off too much.