"You appear to be saying that that's bad when atheists do it but OK when conventionally religious people do it, as the more vocally religious love to do."

Peter. I never said that at all. Whatever made you jump to that conclusion ? You're adding two and two and coming up with five. Perhaps what I should have said was the atheists "OF THIS THREAD" want to feel better about themselves by putting down the beliefs of others. Does that make it clearer ?