You fancy yourself a free thinker, and you feel like you don't need religion. You read a few books and BAM! You feel qualified to be a constant public speaker on anything even tangentially applicable to religious studies.
One of the problems with modern atheism is that people replace worshiping a god with worshiping Richard Dawkins, who, while bright and good at being sardonic and constructing arguments, is not a deity to be paid tribute to. "Converts" then go around beating people about the face and neck with Dawkins, Hitchens, and McAfee while never having bothered to form an original opinion of their own.
By falling into this trap, you're still a sheep, you've just exchanged shepherds.
By all means, read Dawkins and Hitchens. But also read the Bible, the Qu'ran, and/or the Baghavad Ghita while you're at it. Take a breath, relax, and think about what you've taken in.
Almost no one wants to be proselytized in the laundromat, bro.
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