“Ideally, they’ll go to the websites on the billboards, join a member group, attend an event, meet some like-minded people, and no longer feel alone in their beliefs.”

Since when is atheism a belief? That just gives theists more fuel to call us militant and whatnot.

Of course, their point fell on deaf eyes with their stupidity (as others above me mentioned with the whole word “without” graffiti’d out)

I have been on the receiving end recently of several “why are you pushing this in our face you angry atheist” retorts … Do you just plow through it until people stop shouting you down?

I suggest you start compiling, to use as answers, lists of the many, many cases where religion is pushed in our faces – religious billboards, prayers at (what should be) non-religious meetings, Proposition 8, creationist wrecking of science education, etc, etc, etc.

Greta Christina gives a thought-provoking list of reasons for being angry with religion.

Since I’m fortunate to be on the receiving end of all the email sent to the ChicagoCoR website, I thought I’d share some of the comments I’ve been seeing.

Perhaps worth putting some of the comments and your responses on the ChicagoCoR website itself? It would seem the logical place.

Beautifully put, Richard. Couldn’t have said it better myself.

I totally agree. It’s time to stop cowering from fanatical religious judgmentality.

I find religion offensive but it’s in my face at every turn. Why? Because they have free speech. That and freedom of religion are exactly why religion has fared so well in this country.

Well, guess what? They aren’t the only ones. It’s time nonbelievers speak out in numbers. Time for us to thrive. And it appears we are since our numbers keep rising.