DAVID: Sometimes it is good to present what pure believing passion sounds like. No sense of a smidgen of doubt. Are atheists that convinced of their position?

dhw:In my view it’s not good if it’s a destructive distortion, whether the passion is theistic or atheistic. It fosters prejudice and conflict. Next you’ll be applauding jihadists and embracing Dawkins.

DAVID: Never jihadists or Dawkins. I did not extend my comment to destructive distortion, which is your prejudice about religion.

To blame atheism for the slaughter of the Jews seems to me as destructive a distortion as to blame theism for the jihad. You were defending Olasky’s article, and in my view such distortions can only foster prejudice and conflict. I don’t know what you are referring to when you accuse me of “prejudice about religion”.