It boggles my mind that religious people say just the most ridiculous things about atheists. It's almost as if the idea of someone not believing in God is mind-blowing, so their brains scramble to rationalize it by assuming things like we're all just pretending not to believe in God.
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
