I was going to make a well-written, coherent post about how much militant atheists bother me, but I can’t do it. The words won’t organize themselves into any sort of real order. (This does not bode well for the English essay I have to write tonight.) So I’ll strip it down to the basic ideas and you’ll get the picture.

A while ago, I was very slightly involved in the online atheist community. I left because so much of it seemed to be no more than “Wow, don’t Christians suck? Here’s an IM conversation in which I make a fool out of a random Christian online,” and “We’re so smart. All those theist sheep are idiots.” One girl’s request for advice on how to reconcile her lack of belief with the Christianity of her boyfriend was met with wonderment because she was dating a Christian at all. “There are plenty of great atheist guys out there! Why not date one of them?” It bothered me. I know plenty of intelligent and religious people that I would never think of disparaging for their beliefs. So many atheists seem to think that atheism and intelligence always exist together, one never without the other. It was all so… harsh.

I feel the same way about militant vegans/vegetarians. It’s great that you’re doing it, but some people don’t want to. That’s their problem.

I guess it just boils down to the fact that everyone should do what they want. If it’s not hurting you personally, get over it and let them do their thing.