He knew the kid was awake , too , so naturally knew he couldn ' t see him even if he tried . <| sep |> I believe your issue is not with Christianity but in religion of the spiritual kind . I think you discard all things religious because of certain behaviours expressed by the followers of religion . I assess claims on their merit , not the behaviours of the followers . For example , I believe that the Earth exists , and the nazis presumably agreed , and I don ' t take their actions as a reason to disbelieve in the Earth . I am not comparing religious people to nazis , but instead saying that even if their behaviour had been that horrible , I would not consider that significant evidence against their claims . What I am trying to tell you though is this sort of behaviour of ' you must do this because I deem it right ' is not just found in religious people but in all kinds of people whether they be atheist , politicians , bankers or spiritualists . I am not criticizing religious people for saying ' you must do this because I deem it right '. That is a sentiment I wholeheartedly endorse as an exercise of morality . I see a problem when they cannot justify why they deem it right , and nonetheless strive to impose their unjustified beliefs on others . At the end of the day , the atheist spends as much time being involved in the study , promotion , defence and collaboration of hisher atheism as much as a spiritualists . The ones in religious majority countries might , but I come from an atheist majority country and most people are not at all involved . The fact that you are here deeply discussing your atheism on a forum shows more religiosity than a man who just nominally attends church on SundaysRather , it shows an interest in religiosity . I am also not deeply discussing religion , I am engaging in extremely simple philosophy on extremely simple and trivial questions . I also engage in more difficult philosophy , so I have something to contrast this with . I do not study atheism , nor do I think that is even a meaningful phrase as atheism is devoid of content . You could perhaps make the case that I study theism , but I don ' t study it intensely , I just have a native very good memory and ability to extrapolate and intuit . I study general heuristics promotion as you term it nothing specific to atheism . Debating religion is nothing more than a hobby , I don ' t prepare for it in particular .