That's exactly the type of dismissive, divisive BS that I'm talking about. You're saying that people of faith are gullible, that there's nothing but arbitrary nonsense forming the basis of people's faith, there's nothing distinguishing religion from cult apart from how many people they've tricked into believing it. And somehow this isn't offensive?

I've frequently seen that people will have no problem claiming that religious belief necessitates an abandonment of reason, and yet find it grossly offensive to claim that atheism means an abandonment of ethical or moral behavior.

It would benefit a lot of self-proclaimed "free thinkers" to live up to the label, keep an open mind, and talk to a person of faith instead of dismissing their beliefs as superstitious nonsense. You won't get that discussion here, since I got tired of it years ago. You will get a reminder that you've abandoned your right to be treated to respect as soon as you make blanket dismissals of people's belief systems as "crazy."