emjay, I think you are seeing the result of many interactions with some of our theist members in our most heated debates. The reason we get so "vocal" with some of these people is because they do the same thing over and over again. They are dishonest and hypocritical at every turn. We normally don't treat a newcomer with that sort of vitriol until they show us their colors repeatedly. (His Majesty comes to mind---some stars go supernova.)
The best part about this place is that we truly are a community. Check out the Accent Tags thread, the AF vlog thread, or the Q&A Tag thread.
We can certainly be dismissive of ridiculous claims, and most of us have lost our reverence for the "important" things religious people hold dear, if we ever had it. But we are really a chummy lot, once you get to know us.
The best part about this place is that we truly are a community. Check out the Accent Tags thread, the AF vlog thread, or the Q&A Tag thread.
We can certainly be dismissive of ridiculous claims, and most of us have lost our reverence for the "important" things religious people hold dear, if we ever had it. But we are really a chummy lot, once you get to know us.

"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
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