I was once a person to whom nobody could talk to about a god, any god for any reason, i would shut you up or tune you out and quickly. Religion peddlers at my door found a rather rude person who quickly set them on their way. I had been raised by church going Christians and left with more church going grandparents who made my life a living hell, where sexual abuse began just before age 3, where god sure seemed to be on their side for they had it all, money, admiration of the community and they smiled all the time, i didn't smile. when I found God in my life at age 45 it wasn't the Christian version nor a biblical version at all, and now when I want to talk about God to the bible pushers they are the ones who get rude and I stay calm. I have to hand it to the atheist who go up against the religious right and fight for their children not to be educated by the bible pushers or even by me I personally think that many religions use books like the bible to have power over others and they use that power often to harm and find passages in their books to justify the abuse. Just like our government uses biblical passages and saying god is on "our" side when they are killing people. It takes the checks and balances of the fanatic atheist to at least make a dent in the massive amounts of power held by the biblical believers. I personally have not known any atheist who were harmful or evil, as a matter of fact just the opposite most that i know are good people who are good because they want to be not because they think if they are not then they will loose paradise.