Let the hideous beasts out of the closet
The post below devolved into the same conversation that often happens when an atheist uses the same public forums aggressively used by believers to spread their beliefs---i.e., speaking up in books and websites. Why do atheists have to go around making the nice religious people uncomfortable? The religious people invoked in defending the religious privilege---the right not to be made uncomfortable, a privilege not extended to non-believers---are always the Platonic ideal of non-offensive believer, someone who barely believes really, keeps it to themselves, has no moral differences from an atheist, stays the course on the liberal party line and doesn't squirm over Teh Gay or Teh Abortion, and maybe even agrees that "under god" should be taken out of the Pledge. We all like liberal Christians, so can atheists just stay in the closet and not upset the nice ones?