Originally Posted by analog

I can't recall the last time i've ever had an atheist try and convert me away from religion, or have ever heard of it. At best, what I see is when they and "theists" start talking, somehow something about God or religion is envoked. While I'll grant you there are certainly many atheists who make it their life's work to denounce a higher power and spread their opinion to others, i'd readily (and I think easily) argue that there are FAR more religious people who do exactly the same on behalf of THEIR beliefs. WAY more. Atheists have never killed, fought wars, tortured, imprisoned, or converted-by-force any people that I am aware of, at any time, ever, in the name of "there is no God". If i'm wrong, I welcome the education.

However, when I compare that side-by-side with most of the major religions on the planet who HAVE done all those things at some point in time, and continue to give people shit for not believing as they do, atheists don't pan out nearly as "equally" in terms of how they believe.