Well, religious people hate other religions as well... It is only fair for atheists to hate those who don't believe in their religion of there being no religions.
saying atheism is a religion is like saying baldness is a hair color
oh yeah, my religion is no religion, makes total sense....not .
but then again i don't blame these pious folk who think this way.
this is typical logic coming from their brains unfortunately infected with that insidious nasty virus called religion.
I agree, it is not smart to say that atheism is religion. Atheism is conviction, maybe its near belief, but its not belief truly. But i don't agree that people who believe in any religion is "infected" or anything. I have meet some really smart and good people, even when they found out i don't believe in God totally didn't try to convince me in there point of view or told me i am wrong. We even had really good conversation on religion theme.
Among the believers is about 1% of fanatics. They actually represent a major threat to other people. And it's not for a particular religion. This applies to all. Now it provokes hostility with the Muslims, but look how many actually Muslims are ready to commit a terrorist attack.