Good point, Joe. For some, justifying their existence involves bringing others around to their POV, whether for or against a god. I would hazard a guess, though, that there is a subset that finally feels free to push back after being bullied by the believers for a long time. It is certainly that way with non-smokers who were put upon for many years by smokers, until the wind shifted, so to speak.

I haven't read the entire thread, I just dropped in at this point to see who was here and how the topic had evolved. So this is a statement without reference to anything before about five posts back.

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