What? Now atheists are becoming fanatics and placing their messages on billboards? In your face is in your face.
When believers (sorry to use the obscene "b" word) make criticisms like this, I always think, "Here we go again! the pot calling the linen napkin black!"
If the religious were not so obsessed with forcing their views on on others, I could find it in my heart to be more tolerant of them.
But history shows that religion is inherently dangerous, and always on the point of doing terrible evil.
The religious personality tends to be gullible, obsessive, and lacking in critical ability. If the committed religious type is convinced that he or she is in sole possession of truth, that it is necessary for "salvation," etc., then all too easily that person will slide into practices which approach ultimate evil. And they are notoriously easy for con men to manipulate.
We atheists must watch the religious types like hawks, or before we know it, we will be back in the era of inquisitions,
autos-da-fè, and the horrible abuse of little children.
As much as possible, power must be kept from them. When powerless, they act like sweet, rosy-cheeked cherubs, who wouldn't hurt a fly. But over and over, history shows that as soon as they have power, they turn into monsters which are the closest approach to Satanic evil which has ever appeared on this planet.
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