I think it's time Psalm 14:1 gets a proper reply,
The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God; The honest says it out loud.
The plight of unbelievers everywhere is the result of decades of silence. With "respect", the majority of the non-religious kept their noses out of religious idiocy and zealotry. Some may have held the belief that as humanity matures, religiosity will fade into the abyss along with other superstitions.
They were wrong. At some point, I was wrong.
As with any debate or discussion, sitting in the corner and letting your opponent unleash an all out assault isn't going to win you points. Keeping quiet for so long, the religious majority climbed over our heads and took the liberty of cleaning their feet with our hair.
Moderates and liberals aren't extremists like their fundamentalist counterparts but that doesn't absolve them from this issue. Even liberals make patronizing (if not condescending) statements like "they just haven't found god" or "they know in their hearts that there is a god".
This isn't a declaration of a holy war. While vocal atheists are frequently stamped with the "militant" label, there is literally nothing militant about us. The only "violence" we do is with words.
Respect is mutual. If the religious can and indeed do make statements like "The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God" (on a huge banner outside their church), then too can play that game.
I think religions are wrong.
I think the religious concept of morality is immature and weak.
I think god, as described by certain religions, is unjust if not evil.
I think the evidence points the other way.
I think the good done by religions does not even come close to justifying the bad.
I think you're better than your god.
I shan't just think, I shall speak my mind.
Thou shalt silence me no more.
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