samwik wrote:
""intolerance is wrong from religious people but it is perfectly alright for atheists to be intolerant of religionists :-)" -anyman,
simplifies the point."

It may simplify it but it is wrong.

Intolerance is equally offensive no matter who is intolerant. But the difference here is not one of being intolerant of religion ... rather of being intollerant of what is done IN THE NAME OF religion: Genocide, torture, rape, theft.

The one and only distinction I would make is that religious people have a higher burden when it comes to hypocrisy as they claim to KNOW what is right. The rest of us admit we are still searching for the best answers to life's questions.

DA Morgan