By Smaktakula
What is it about some atheists wanting so badly to debunk religion? Refusing to believe in a higher power is fine, but I don’t understand the urge to pry other people from their faith. If something makes people happy and helps them order their personal universe, what business is it of anyone else, even if the foundation of those beliefs are fallacy?
Almost everyone has had that stomach-lurching experience of being trapped on a plane or in a three-day work conference with someone who, three seconds into the conversation, brings up the name of their diety, and then continues to do so while the listener squirms and frantically searches for a conversation-changer that never comes. Not many people relish that conversation. These fanatics, far from being the walking advertisement for their faith they no doubt believe themselves to be, turn away at least as many listeners as they attract. Militant atheists are like this as well. Like religious fanatics, these atheists know how best you should live your life, and what you should believe. Religious and atheistic fanaticism share a trait common with most (if not all) forms of fanaticism, the castigation of those who hold heretical beliefs.
When someone is accosted by a religious fanatic, it can be unpleasant an unwanted. Consider, however, that the fanatic, no matter how bizarre his or her beliefs, is in most cases, acting with what in other circumstances might be considered noble motives. This person believes that the information he or she is sharing will save a life. Does this justify an unwanted testimonial? It does not. I’m not sure it even mitigates it.
Still, the point is worth considering, when you consider what benefit an atheist thinks he or she is imparting when debunking religious beliefs. The atheist will tell you that he or she is freeing the deluded individual from the shackles of superstition and introducing him to the world of reason. This idea is not entirely without merit. However, as is true in so many cases, if the religious individual is happy with his or her faith and not actively doing harm to anyone else, attempting to undermine the foundation of this faith is cruel and unnecessary. In this way, proselytizing atheists are like a sad little kid who’s found out that there really isn’t a Santa Claus and can’t wait to ruin the fun for everybody else.
Promethean Times 
I think Zeitgeist said it best: “Christianity, along with all other theistic belief systems, is the fraud of the age. It serves to detach the species from the natural world, and likewise, each other. It supports blind submission to authority. It reduces human responsibility to the effect that “God” controls everything, and in turn awful crimes can be justified in the name of Divine Pursuit. And most importantly, it empowers those who use the myth to manipulate and control societies. The religious myth is the most powerful device ever created, and serves as the psychological soil upon which other myths can flourish”
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.–Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Pray: To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.–Ambrose Bierce
An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.–John Buchan
The most preposterous notion that H. Sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does–Robert A. Heinlein
In 1000 years we will all be Atheist or we will no longer be.–Rich Rodriguez
Praying for Time
These are the days of the open hand
They will not be the last
Look around now
These are the days of the beggars and the choosers
This is the year of the hungry man
Whose place is in the past
Hand in hand with ignorance
And legitimate excuses
The rich declare themselves poor
And most of us are not sure
If we have too much
But we’ll take our chances
‘Cause God’s stopped keeping score
I guess somewhere along the way
He must have let us all out to play
Turned his back and all God’s children
Crept out the back door
And it’s hard to love, there’s so much to hate
Hanging on to hope
When there is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above say it’s much, much too late
Well maybe we should all be praying for time
These are the days of the empty hand
Oh you hold on to what you can
And charity is a coat you wear twice a year
This is the year of the guilty man
Your television takes a stand
And you find that what was over there is over here
So you scream from behind your door
Say what’s mine is mine and not yours
I may have too much but I’ll take my chances
‘Cause God’s stopped keeping score
And you cling to the things they sold you
Did you cover your eyes when they told you
That he can’t come back
‘Cause he has no children to come back for
It’s hard to love there’s so much to hate
Hanging on to hope when there is no hope to speak of
And the wounded skies above say it’s much too late
So maybe we should all be praying for time