What are they? Seems quite logical since atheists are trying to squelch religion.
There you are with your ‘logical’ thinking. It is logical, right?
Do you have freedom of religion? Yes
Do you have freedom from religion? Yes
In both cases, yes you do.
Are atheists treated as second class citizens? No
Bigoted Believers: Please expound on that remark. Since you are bigoted about religion, please feel free to include yourself.
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Are atheists treated as second class citizens? We most certainly are. This is not up for debate. But it will not be like that for ever, as is obvious. Better enjoy the status quo while you can.
And since you seem very supportive of that position (enjoying the status quo), given what is involved, yes that makes you bigoted in no unspecific terms.
As for us, not so simple. Our outlook is no more bigoted towards religion than a doctor's is toward cancer. Eventually this condition will be eradicated as more and more people become less patient with the issue, and in general more educated, but until then, it is a condition that we simply have to put up with being uncomfortably close to.
For most of you, on the other hand, there is an unmistakable resentment at our very presence. Color it any way you want, but that makes you bigoted.
And to correct you, yet again as seems to be necessary, no, no one has freedom from religion. That doesn't happen until people grow up and start treating it as a private matter instead of insisting that they trot their "faith" out in public, insisting that the rest of us go out of our way to accommodate that at every opportunity.
Like it or don't the scientific jury is still out.
You seriously believe people
choose to be gay? With everything that comes with that, the intolerance and prejudices, and in general mistreatments (especially from the religious crowd), you seriously believe that? The only people who claim the jury is out on that one generally have an interest in saying so. There is little, if any, science involved with taking that position.