LogFAQs > #971759143

I don't really care if people want to mention some aspect of their religious beliefs (or lack thereof), especially if it makes sense in the context of the current discussion.

But if you're proselytizing - either pro OR anti - I mostly just wish you'd shut the fuck up. I don't really want other people preaching at me to try and badger me into believing what they believe... which also includes people who think it's stupid to believe in things (I find the average vocal Internet Atheist to be just as fucking annoying as any Bible-thumping holy roller I've ever met, and usually even more lacking in introspection).

That's true of almost any subject, though. The reason why it becomes more obvious with things like religion or politics is because those are the topics where people simply cannot shut the fuck up about their own personal ideology, while being constantly smugly superior to people "on the other side". So almost any attempt to have a discussion (especially on the Internet) eventually devolves into the metaphorical equivalent of a bunch of concussed kindergartners screaming incoherently and flinging shit at each other.