text: question to all athiests!!!? why do you guys feel the constant need to pick on christians?  calling them losers, dumb, retarded... etc.  i won't mention any names...  look, if you were mature enough, you would just leave christians and their beliefs alone.  this is a free country and they can believe what they want.  and i don't care what your guy's answers are, i'll say that i am a christian!  and if someone put a gun to my head and i asked if i was a christian, i would say yes because i know that i would be going to heaven to be with god.  i don't care what you think about that, it's true.  so tell me: are you guys going to diss me a little more, huh?  'cause i stand for jesus and i'm proud! you're right.  we need more discussions and less name-calling.  the best way to persuade is with rational arguments.  ad hominems are not valid arguments.  most christians and atheists would agree and usually don't resort to petty attacks.  as for "dissing" you for your beliefs.  most atheists don't care what you or anyone else believes.  they do care very much when people try to legislate their beliefs, forcing everyone to abide by irrational superstitions and ancient prejudices.  so long as christians don't try to tell others what they must and must not believe, most atheists are content to let others be.  you're right, this is a free country, and we'd like to keep it that way.