I’m not a member of this sub, this just popped up on my feed. I disagree with the general sentiment of this post. I stopped calling myself an atheist years ago because many atheists I interact with are bitter and antagonistic, kind of like how anti-natalists attack people who choose to have kids. People aren’t concern trolling, this is a legitimate and common experience. Maybe it’s a minority but they’re the ones making noise, and I find that these voices take over in atheist spaces.

I’m anti-religion because I dislike the institutional power religious organizations, and because these organizations often champion causes which I believe I prejudiced and harmful. It’s not because I believe people putting faith in a higher power are unintelligent, or because I want to wear a shirt that says “if you believe in God, fuck you.” And those are the attitudes and actions that made me distance myself from atheism.