NCmusicman:

Other than being intolerant and shallow minded, just what is your problem?

I don't think I'm particularly intolerant or shallow minded. I'm not tolerant of those who think they're religious beliefs should be legislated!

I have no issues with Christians or even evangelicals. I think it's great that they believe what they believe. I just think that it should be okay for me to not believe what they believe. It's asking a lot, I know.

NCmusicman:

You don't have to hate Christians because you are not one and you probably have a defined guilt (or a fear of hell maybe) that makes you express yourself as such.

Well, I don't hate Christians. What have I written that indicates I hate Christians? And what is this defined guilt? I'm not a Christian so I feel guilty, therefore I hate Christians? That doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Besides, if I felt bad about not being a Christian, why wouldn't I become one? It's not that hard to become a Christian. And why on Earth would I fear hell as an atheist -- I don't even believe it exists!

NCmusicman:

94% of Americans believe in God - so, don't offend us.

Where did you get this statistic from? It sounds inflated to me. What is meant by god? Does that mean the Judeo-Christian god? Does it include Allah? Does it include Vishnu, Brahma, and Siva?

At any rate, even if 94% of Americans agree with your belief that there exists a god or gods, that doesn't mean that the belief is necessarily correct or that the belief is beyond criticism.

To put it another way: if 94% of Americans believed that slavery of the remaining 6% was okay, would it then be okay for slavery to be legalized? I'm not comparing theists to slaveowners, I'm just illustrating that a viewpoint held by a vast majority of people is not necessarily correct and sometimes the rights of the minority need to be protected from the majority.