Not all atheists are alike

[TexasTowelie]

33. I have posted in this group before.

A Debate on School Prayer Between an Expert and an Idiot (featuring Mr. Conservative from Lubbock)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/123029156

Atheists to city of Rowlett: Let us give council invocations, too
http://www.democraticunderground.com/123024212

Texas, 6 other states have bans on atheists holding office
http://www.democraticunderground.com/123032331

I've made a total of seven OPs in the Religion Group on DU3 over about a two year period. Here are the headlines to those threads:
Robert Jeffress: Gay Sex is Like Plugging a TV in the Wrong Socket, Making it Explode
Mormons to use technology in missionary work
It's Debatable: Religion's influence on government
How LGBT activism is changing religion
A Handy Guide To Christian Outrage
Joel Osteen gets his own SiriusXM channel
Dallas researchers are out to scientifically prove the biblical version of creation

The previous three threads that I posted in the A&A group were either neutral news articles or vilified a religious person (the idiot, Mr. Conservative). The articles I posted in the Religion Group fit the same pattern. I don't believe that any of those articles are going to boost my bona fides within the Religion Group and I'm not concerned whether they do or don't.

Just because someone asks a question (which is what I did in the post you referred to) or posts an OP that doesn't meet with your approval does not mean they are out to get you, have a sinister motive or question your belief system. I've declared that I have inclinations towards agnosticism; however, the skepticism that you and a few other members of this group have shown makes newcomers feel unwelcome.

From the top of the pinned thread:

4. The hosts want to discourage negativity and encourage the promotion of the positive aspects of non-belief. If you read a good thread in A&A, rec it. If you encounter an atheist or agnostic in other areas of DU that you don't see in A&A, invite them over.

Despite your skepticism about me, I believe that the article I posted meets the SOP of the group. I don't expect a hearty welcome from everyone within the group, but calling someone disingenuous. While you take the pessimistic view that it bashes atheists, I take a more positive view that it recognizes that someone who does not believe in a deity can be accepted and regarded as someone who deserves respect.

Respectively,

TxT