Ah, well I definitely agree with that. That anger and nastiness is one of the reasons why I said that it seems to be an obsession.
Btw, you just reminded me of something. I think for many atheists, the barrier is not (contrary to what they always say) lack of evidence, or anything like that. For many it's a deep-rooted emotional thing. For example, something bad that happened to them in their childhood, that caused them to develop that hatred for even the idea of God. Another thing that is interesting (and I would like to verify this, but I'm pretty sure it's accurate) is that many famous atheists throughout history had a very bad (or no) relationship with their father. And often, there is a correlation between how one views their earthly father and how one thinks about God.
ETA: Here's an article I just found on that. It has a long list of well-known atheists and wow, it's very interesting to see that common denominator:
Have you ever received a gift at Christmas which was so strange you didn’t really know what to say? The famous neurologist Sigmund Freud gave the world a few
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