I get tired of snooty tirades about evangelical, intolerant and close-minded atheists, but I haven’t really blogged about it before. Recently, I’d been considering it, but Greta Christina has saved me the trouble by writing a typically terrific article, Why Do Atheists Have to Talk About Atheism?, that I can just point to instead :)
Thinking you’re right, and trying to persuade other people you’re right, is not intolerant or close-minded — it’s a cornerstone of democracy. That’s how it works: people explain their ideas, debate them, make arguments to support them, revise or refine or drop them in the face of valid criticism, make snarky jokes in the face of stupid criticism.
She has also posted the article – and invited comment – at her blog.
