I dont have a problem with people criticizing my religion, because I dont have one. What I do have is frustration with the way atheism is portrayed in certain media circles and the response from over zealous atheists who want to portray being an atheist as somehow superior. I would like people to respect the fact that I had choices, and that I decided I would take none of them.

I hate those pricks who decide that atheism is a lifestyle choice, to be flaunted at every damned oppurtunity. They are making the same mistake as the religious zealots, which is that they allowing themselves as humans to be defined by their faith, or lack thereof. I dont like the fact I get sneered at by some people for being atheist. I didnt decide to be atheist. It is that I decided that I would be nothing else.

But the only way I can react is with frustration. Theres no point being angry about my lack of faith being derided, as I decided I would not let that define me as a person. A person faiths is not a problem. It is only when that faith affects who you are and what you do that bad sh*t happens. Look at the muslim fundamentalists.