(March 20, 2015 at 4:39 am)robvalue Wrote: I totally agree. Billions of people are watching me type this very message, grabbing their militant atheist crayons and drawing nobs all over the pages of the bible and the Krang.
"Mummy, the Internet says you're full of shit. Can we stop with this now?"
Yeah, I wasn't saying it would be with the snap of fingers.
Sarcasm aside, in religious countries, the Internet gives atheists who face persecution in real life a virtual community where they can find support. Courage can be hard to come by when you feel you're the only iconoclast in a world of conformists, but there is strength to found in learning that there are millions of others who share your views.