Maybe they are missing something? Maybe there is void in their lives that makes them bitter and angry.
Maybe it is human nature to criticize something that you want to believe in. A person wants to be convinced.
Christians have been their own worst enemies with the corruption and ignorance in their own faith. But it is important to remember that it isn’t the messenger that is important but the message.
They are tortured souls who do not know how to love truly because they are separated from God. They have an empty hole in their soul and lash out because they are in anguish.
I agree they are missing something, a hole in their lives is why they are lashing out at people of faith. I don’t know if it is envy, jealousy, anger at God or they are just plain mean and mad at everything. It might just make them feel superior to mock the faith of others. They spout science-science-science, yet if you really look at evolution one has to have more faith to believe in that than creation or intelligent design. There are just so many holes in the theory of evolution, they must have faith in something they can’t scientifically prove.
Did the universe suddenly appear on it’s own? How? Was it created from another universe, if so where did the other universe come from and start? How do you get something from nothing? If we are in a multiverse where and how did they all begin? And as a person of faith I am ridiculed for lack of scientific proof?
And you are right Christian can be their own worst enemies, but the message is more important than the messenger as you have stated. If they want to not believe that’s fine with me, I respect your decision, but don’t agree with it and unless you are in my face ranting and raving, I’m go with the live and let live credo, but accord me the same respect.