Originally Posted by Epoch

People label me an athiest because I'm a Taoist. Just because I don't believe in God, and I believe (roughly, this is just the super short and condensed answer) that all religions that call to a god or gods are attempting to personify the Tao, doesn't make me arrogant or stupid. In fact I have a very strong set of moral beliefs that govern how I act and treat other people, and surprisingly enough, there's no threat of damnation or promise of reward behind my actions. I treat people positively just because that's the way to do things.

The problem is that many athiests, and also many other non-christian religions or philosophies get so swung around by the extreme christianity that's taken a foothold in this country, we get resentful. I frankly want to live my life, by my moral set, without being imposed upon by someone elses religion. And I welcome anyone who's christian as long as they don't superimpose their beliefs upon me. Hell, most of my girlfriends have been devout christians of various "flavors", and we got along fine

Unfortunately, imposing behavior seems to be the modus operandi of a large portion of christians in the US right now. Kinda sucks for the rest of us.