Originally Posted by ImHere

Funny thing is as an atheist Im not offended by any of the myriad religions in the world, as are none of my atheist friends as far as I know. I am mildy annoyed occaisionally by having people try to convert me to their faith when i've made it patently obvious Im not interested, but Im certainly not offended if someone else wants to believe.

Isnt it more those of certain faiths that are intollerant and offended by other faiths rather than those with "no faith at all"?

Originally Posted by Manc

But I am also not one of these loons demanding that they change "in God we trust" from the money or the pledge of allegiance either.

Originally Posted by nxylas

But you acknowledge that such "loons" exist. Anti-religious fanatics can be just as scary as religious fanatics, as I found to my cost when I made some comments in a friend's fanzine that could be construed as a defence of religion. All I did was answer the old "religion should be banned because it causes wars" chestnut by saying that money has caused quite a few wars too - would you ban that? And I got hate mail for it! Unbelievable.