[Okieshooter]

“What the subject of this article is engaging in is what I have seen properly called “evangelical atheism”, which is to say that he is trying to prevent as many people as he can from believing in God, or, possibly, even get some believers to stop. There is no logical reason for that, unless he has a fear of that religion. Otherwise, why would he care that people are Christians? “

So by your logic what is the logical reason for engaging in “evangelical Christianty”?

[fr_freak]

So by your logic what is the logical reason for engaging in “evangelical Christianty”?

That should be an obvious answer. Seriously. Christians believe that we have eternal souls, which, after we die, will either be in Heaven with God, or in Hell. In order to reach Heaven one must go through Jesus Christ. So, an evangelical Christian is literally trying to save people's eternal lives.

There is no parallel for atheists. If someone believes in God, and is wrong, how does it hurt them? They jeopardize nothing - they just live life according to a different set of rules. No big deal. Plenty of Christians lead long, happy lives, arguably happier on average than atheists. Therefore, an atheist is not saving anyone from anything by converting them to atheism. There is no logical motivation to do it.