Reply #10: (Insert pejorative) atheists are just the same old atheists [View All]

[Warpy]

who got sick of being stuffed into a closet and stifling who they are because a few Christians might get offended that some people don't agree with them.

Well, guess what! Christians do not have a constitutional right to go through life unoffended by people outside their religious group. That means we all have a right to exist in this country: Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Shintoists, Hindus, tribal religions of all types, and even atheists.

Any Christian who thinks atheists should be stuffed back into that closet needs to visit a country that's hostile to Christianity and find out first hand just how uncomfortable that closet is. It's a lot less comfortable than the knowledge that people exist in this world who don't think the same things you do.

Barring that, dropping the pejoratives used for fellow Americans would be a nice first step toward growing up and realizing we all have the same right to be here. It would also contribute to a more civil society for all of us.