Reply #277: Can you please tell me the exact amount of being quiet that's required...

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...of me as an atheist so I can be a good, get-along, unobtrusive nice atheist, so I know just how much I have to keep my views and comments to myself? Can I express my views at all, can I ask believers tough questions, or should I mostly stay quiet when I can imagine that anyone might take the slightest offense at something I might say?

Maybe I need more bowing and scraping to religious sensibilities, is that the problem? Like maybe if each and every sentence I utter in support of atheism or questioning someone else's theism had disclaimers like, "Not meaning to offend you, and I know I could be completely wrong, and we all in this together and I respect your opinions immensely, and I know I don't have all of the answers, and there's so much that all of us don't know, but..."

Would that do it for you?