One of the most entertaining things I do is to read the comments for news articles that cover legislation that somehow curtails what some people regard as their religious freedom: removing religious symbols from public space, forcing organizations to hire women and treat them equal to men, prohibiting religiously-inspired mutilations on underaged children, or forcing children to accept life-saving medication in spite of their belief.

Within a few lines, the gloves come off; we wade knee-deep in justifications based on scripture, and we are inundated by a veritable Tsunami of accusations of moral decadence, crusading against religion (nice one!), or persecuting christianity. Godwin’s law always looms large, as Hitler is only a few arguments away.

To paraphrase Churchill: The best argument against religion is a five-minute conversation with the average believer.

Unfortunately, when reading the counter-points, the same goes for atheists.