[pnh102]

Maybe it has to do with a minority of atheists being very vocal about mocking Christians. I purposefully exclude other faiths because those people almost never mock them. Maybe these people need to get a clue about learning how to live in a society where others don't want to believe like they do. Perhaps they should practice this attitude called tolerance.

And I see nothing wrong with private groups excluding atheists from their memberships, as nothing stops atheists from forming their own private groups which exclude people of faith.

[momtothree]

“... a minority of atheists being very vocal about mocking Christians”.

I agree. I think that Americans, above any other country, simply accept that other people have different religious views or no views whatsoever. What many don’t like isn’t the fact that a person DOESN’T believe in God, or a God, but the fact that a group wants to force others to ignore/hide/discredit their God. For example, taking prayer out of schools, wanting “In God We Trust” off of currency, etc... In short, it isn’t the Atheist as a person that people don’t like but the actions of a group. IMHO

[tbw2]

I agree. The animosity of Christians of atheists is the attempts to ban Christian symbols in public - "your town Christmas tree tradition of 100 years is now a violation of Church and State, take it down", "your Easter banners in the yard were fine for years but take it down because it's now offensive", "religious speech is now offensive, you shouldn't have first Amendment rights anymore", "your religious beliefs of 2000 years are no longer politically correct, stop preaching those non-PC parts or rewrite the 2K old document to fit Y2K morality.".

When a group goes out of its way to offend Christians on their major holidays and to ban them from the public sphere, you'll make people hate you.