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[trotsky]

Since just about every thread where we interact ends in acrimony and pissing contests, I think I speak for other atheists as well when I ask:

Where is the line between religious criticism and "bashing"?

And where would you draw the other line - between criticism of atheism and the bashing thereof?

Personally, about all I can think of is attacking the person instead of their beliefs. As in calling them "stupid" for believing in a god, or "brainwashed" for going to a certain church.

Any limitations on religious criticism smack of blasphemy laws to me. On an open message board, one should expect to have their beliefs challenged - no matter how "sacred" they are.