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I have always wanted to know this answer, and I have never received an answer that I could make sense of.

From what I understand, Atheists do not believe in God or Jesus or afterlife, etc... and Agnostics just simply do not care OR they acknowledge that afterlife could exists but they don't know, etc...

With those definitions in my mind (If I am wrong, please let me know):
Why do a large percentage or Atheists and Agnostics have such a problem with Christianity?

If Atheists do not believe God exists, then what harm can Christians do? Why does it bother many of them so badly that we want to pray, that we want to share the Gospel, that we want to live by our ethical code?

I can understand not wanting Christians to force beliefs on them, but many of them will go out of their way to persecute Christians, make fun of Christians, take legal actions to try to stop Christians, etc...

I had an acquaintance that was Agnostic (in the sense of I honestly do not care about religion and I do not know if God exists but I wont say that He doesn't) and he could not stand Christians. I asked him one time "What about Muslims? What about Buddhists? What about Wiccans?" He said, "They do not bother people as much as Christians do."

Is that what it boils down to? Do Agnostics and Atheists have as big of a problem with religions like Islam, Buddhism, or Wicca?

The Bill Maher stuff got me thinking about this.

I guess the question I have for anyone that can answer it is, if someone does not believe that God exists or doesn't care if He does or not, why does the thought of someone believing it bother many of them so much? Also, why work so hard to kill a message that "isn't true?" Why so many lawsuits trying to take God out of schools, out of courthouses, out of media, out of laws, etc...

For the record, I come at this question with love. I come at this question also with a genuine curiosity. Many pastors and devout Christian lay-people that I know will not even attempt to understand Atheist/Agnostic ideas. I try. I never push anyone away, I want to love all.

I give you this platform to explain this. Even if you are Christian, but you know how to answer this, go ahead. I promise it will not be indictment or "wrong" of you to answer.