And that also is acting in a religious way. You're hiding behind the "but I'm just responding to the blind faith of believers!" facade.
You could just let it go -- let people express their beliefs, whatever they may be. But the fact that you feel you need to respond, to try and "convince" those folks why they're wrong, shows that your "non-belief" is a little more than just that.
-Sean
Atheism is a position on a single subject: Is there a God? Atheists state that the God claim has not met it`s burden of proof.
What you are asking is: Why do atheists seem to be getting more attention and why are they so adamant about the seperation of church and state?
You can hold any belief you wan`t as long it does not infringe on other peoples freedom.
If that was possible it would be great, but religious people LOVE to proselytize and it`s a constant power struggle between believers; my religion is the right one, no mine is the only truth etc etc.
Beliefs have consequences in the real world, like impeding stem cell reserach, anti gay, anti abortion, anti equal rights, pro death penalty, the whole f*****g eye for an eye thing mentality.
Parents praying for their children instead of taking them to the doctor, not caring about climate change, because Jesus will come back in their lifetime (has been claimed for 2000 years now...)
Not accepting evolution and cosmology.
pius, pretend bullshit double standard moronic behaviour!
People have had it with this stuff, they want smart people with real educations, that knows basic stuff about how the world works and that has some basic understanding of history.