Has General Discussion Been Hostile to Religious Believers recently?

[Warren Stupidity]

280. The internet in general is hostile to bullshit.

Bullshit that in other contexts would have some cultural history that granted it a privileged immunity from attack, like for example, religion, is not shielded similarly on anonymous discussion boards on the internets. Likewise, instead of a group of same minded (and frequently same religion) people glad handing each other about how nice their religion is, you get a random assortment of strangers who have little vested interest in pretending that ridiculous beliefs are anything other than ridiculous.

Of course you can shield yourself from others pointing out that your beliefs are nonsense by not posting about your beliefs or by confining your utterances to protected forums here and elsewhere, but as you know, when the shit hits the fan, as it did in Paris and Nigeria and Pakistan over the last month, when religion is once again manifestly a problem, it will be very difficult to avoid getting an earful of stuff you don't want to hear.