That's the easy part 
But what I don't get is why they have this inherent need to be mean? What do they get out of that? Some simple self-satisfaction that they hurt someone's feelings? Do they actually like being seen as bullies? (We know they would never admit to being bullies, much less using the same tactics.)
Of course, I'm not saying they all are like this. As I stated above, it seems to only be DU atheists that act this way, with a select few that don't and I actually call friends. All of the atheists I've known in "real life" were nice people, and never out to deride or belittle my beliefs. They often wanted do know what I believed, and I'd tell them, but I'd also say that I didn't expect them to believe a word of it. They are my beliefs, and not those of anyone else. I expect them to be perceived as weird, and I'm fine with that. But, I refuse to engage with anyone that feels the need to take them apart, with little respect for how it makes me feel. They won't get that satisfaction from me
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