When Good Atheists Go Bad [View All]

[beam me up scottie]

Okay, so atheists like to poke fun at religion and sometimes we go too far.

But for most of us, it's not just religion.
Many of us are natural born smart asses, we bash everything, the more serious, the better the bashing.
We like black comedies and spare no sacred cows.

So it's not personal, at least for me, although I do think most of my fellow atheists would agree.

I've always wondered if this need to have fun at the expense of religion is something we're born with or if it stems from years of having to keep our mouths shut so that our true opinions of religious ritual and dogma won't get us ostracized, disowned, divorced and destitute.

And I am truly sorry if I've offended anyone who read NAO's thread, it was not my intent.

I grew up in a predominantly catholic area, and all of my friends were catholic. Almost everybody had a Mary of the Bathtub in their yard. But we never discussed personal beliefs because it wasn't considered polite. However, they were always more than happy to bash catholicism, the Pope, nuns, and especially the stuffy Parish priests.

So I didn't really experience religious fundamentalism until I left home.
And, unlike my friends view of their religion, it's not funny at all.

These people are hijacking our country and they won't let anything stand in their way.
The rise of the American Taliban is documented and obvious to everyone.

We know that liberal believers are our allies and we don't want to jeopardize our friendship, especially since your voices are becoming louder and more unified when speaking out against the intolerance exhibited by the so-called moral majority.

So we snark and spat and carry on in this forum, sometimes it's serious, other times not, but we know who our real enemies are, and we appreciate our friends who have the courage to stand with us.