When you say most atheists won't share their beliefs unprompted, I think it's fair for me to point out that in this place, the only place we all have in common, there is plenty more sharing of atheist beliefs and plenty more ridicule of people who don't share them than there is ridicule and sharing going the other way.
I don't object to the article, and I'm certainly not going to argue explicitly in favour of my own beliefs here, but I did step in to correct what I see as a misperception.[ Parent ]
That said, I don't think there's anything particularly offensive about ridiculing religious beliefs. Sometimes people need to vent, and it usually not trying to convert anyone, just annoyance about people pushing their religion where it does not belong. It's really no different than venting about spam.[ Parent ]
My original point was that almost the only unsolicited proselytising I experience in my life was occasional hectoring of the religious here and in a few other places on the internet, and that's the point I was making. I didn't mean to draw this article into it, but I wasn't concentrating when I did.
Ridicule is always offensive to those ridiculed of course, but I accept that sometime it's fair game. Many times, of course, it isn't.
Anyway, I'll bow out here, because I don't want to take over the story explaining how my minor quibble was just a minor quibble.[ Parent ]
