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Precisely because Atheists are not a community, militant or otherwise, so the crazy ones are simply ignored.

Religions, on the other hand, canonise the craziest in their ranks and elevate the less crazy to Cardinals or Popes. <<

Are you implying that Christianity is a community militant or otherwise? There are communities of Atheists. There are communities of Christians. No one speaks for either as a whole.

I can point out some pretty crazy, self described Christians that are not canonized and who are criticized.

Likewise I could mention some less than logical and scientific atheists who receive praise and encouragement from those who should know better. Some even sell a lot of books.

Burning Korans to piss off Muslims or diagnosing half the planet as having a "delusion" to sell a few more tickets to staged "arguments" on a book tour are simply different sides of the same coin.