Here’s the thing that I don’t get about activist atheists: why do they care so much?
I understand theists being passionate in defense of their irrational beliefs. Life is hard and death is (at least) intimidating. In order to avoid feeling like a bug about to hit the windshield, theists develop and adopt legends to try to make some sense of it all and hold out some hope that it was all worth it in the end. The legends make no sense outside of the context in which they were developed so the theists have to bend them and stretch them and, above all, accept and defend them as articles of faith. I get that.
Atheism is under none of that pressure. At some point there are questions to be dealt with dealing with the nature of life, our worth, our fate, etc.; but we can do all of that without any need to conform to a dogmatic template. If you believe in god and that belief gives you peace, then I can be happy for you. If my disbelief causes you discomfort, that’s your problem; it has nothing to do with me. Even if you are so moved that you feel the need to share your beliefs with me, that’s annoying to me but, unless we get into a civil rights issue, it’s still your problem. I do have an issue with people who seek to govern on the basis of their religious convictions, but that’s a civil rights issue. I don’t care what your bible says, and members of the same religion can’t seem to agree on that anyway.
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I saw an article the other day that someone was concerned that cadets/midshipmen at the military academies still had to stand through a prayer before meals. I was a member of the Bluejacket Choir in boot camp and had to sing at the Mainside Chapel every Sunday. Big deal. I was never compelled to profess my belief in what they were selling; my job was to entertain.
So, what’s up with the defensiveness, atheists?
