Check out this post called “Turning Away Anger [1],” by Ebonmuse at Daylight Atheism [2]. This post is a good collection of the sorts of abuse one can expect whenever one publicly expresses doubt that supernatural beings exist. He gives lots of examples.
[T]here is a huge amount of anger seething and fuming among religious people. Not all religious people are angry or embittered, of course, but a very great number of them apparently are. The surest evidence of this is that whenever a public figure speaks out against religion, or worse, takes any sort of action to oppose the encroachments of religion, such as filing a lawsuit to defend the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state, that person inevitably becomes the target of a blistering torrent of profane, obscene, violent, and threatening messages. Many believers, it is apparent, lash out with furious and disproportionate rage and hatred when their beliefs are challenged or opposed in any way.
Also check out his detailed review [3] of the new book by Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion. Daylight Atheism is not one of the many atheist sites that primarily rant and name-call. It is a thoughtful and well-written collection of posts.
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