Please describe your god's loyalty reward scheme.

[Harry Nevis]

Yes but I don't think the atheists who take religious belief seriously are being sensible. I think the fact that no one ever (whether atheist or theist) takes mythology or the Flying Spaghetti Monster seriously illustrates that.

All Christians, for instance, are atheists with regards to all other conceptions of God. That just demonstrates how silly belief in God is. For them to think their own particular cartoon character is the real one but all the others are just cartoons. The same applies to other religions of course.

I don't believe in other religions or other gods, but I'd still be interested in talking to a Buddhist or a Hindu, etc, about their religious beliefs in genuine discussion. I think it would be interesting to hear their views. I certainly wouldn't ask them questions just so i could mock the answers they took time to give me, and be sarcastic and condecending towards them. But that's just me I guess.

I guess growing up in a culture (as well as being raised RC) filled with christianity means that we've heard every rationalization and apology about the holes in the belief that it gets pretty old. Also, the condescension and sarcasm goes both ways. So many believers create atheist strawmen to knock around, without even knowing the definition of the word. But I never have to make up a ridiculous example of what a christian believes, as so many willingly fill me in, contradicting so many others. When all these believers with opposing stories (with all claiming a personal relationship with god) claim they have the insight on what their god wants, there is little left to go to beside condenscention and sarcasm.
I would also be interested in talking to followers of other religions, as I've had comparatively little exposure to these. But there is nothing new to be learned about christianity, except the lengths believers will go to to convince themselves they are "right".