In my opinion – gays made a great leap forward when they decided to stop thinking that they were victims. The mind is a powerful tool after all. What I perceive is the problem that many atheists { esp here at the Mudcat } suffer from is that they think they are victims. They think – therefore they are. Or on the other hand they feel they are vastly superior to the rest of the population. And sometimes they hold BOTH points of view. "Woe is me – I'm being persecuted because I'm so wise".

Things will only get better once we decide that being an atheist or a believer holds an equal weight to a preference to blue cars over red cars. Paper or plastic. Booth or table. YMMV.