That's better - cleaned some of the crap off my keyboard. I was beginning to read as if I came from Hull...

Gerogiansilver; you've lost me with the apple question, I'm afraid. Way too clever for me. Could you spell out in Janet and John terms for the hard of thinking?

Slag; you would have been persecuted by other Christians for your dangerously unorthodix views. And no-one is remotely suggesting that in the western world anyone who calls himself a Christian is at risk. In the USA it would be political suicide for anyone running for office to call himself an atheist. So, I'm sorry, but you're talking twaddle.
I am unaware of any 'hate campaigns' run by atheists. I am aware of plenty by Christians, some directed at homosexuals, some at Muslims and even some at fellow Christians.