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And there are only 5 things on that page, not ten. Maybe you should have check it out yourself.
[Edit] And number 5 is bullshit. How someone can be truly offended just because someone else has a different opinion from theirs on something so intangible is beyond me.
My biggest problem, though, is that the author is trying to subvert a necessary argument about reality. He wants to be the ostrich with his head in the sand rather than actually reasoning. He thinks that by arguing that the divide between theists and non-theists doesn't matter he can make the core issue fade away.
Also there are only 5 points, so it fails automatically.
But, he lists a lot of obvious and irrelevant things. He talks about the rebellious atheists, who are obviously angry at x religion for wasting their time (or various other reasons) and not the atheists like myself who only get ticked off when some Christians try to get Intelligent Design taught in science classes, which is complete and utter horse shit!
As an atheists who grew up without any religious influence other than praying once and asking god to prove to me he was real in a very non-serious manner, I'm still able to understand Christians, Muslims and Buddhists very well. I know what makes them tick and why the believe in what they believe, despite all the evidence and contradictions being laid out in front of them.
I've met Christians who thought the great flood was real. I've met Muslims who truly believed the Koran made predictions that came true despite them obviously never having read the Koran. I've also insulted these people when I get frustrated, using the "Unforgivable sin" to explain to a blind-sighted Christian that he was going to hell anyway or explaining how Muslims believe Jesus was born of a virgin, preformed miracles and physically ascended to the heavens but chose to follow, instead, a Prophet named Muhammed who married a 6 year old and bedded her when she was 9.
I have no problem in people believing what ever they want, but it's often them who begin these discussions with me, not me going out and finding them first. Believe what you want, do what you want within the law... I don't care, as long as you don't try to force your religious views on someone else or force your beliefs into schools.
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Here's my favorite thing from the comments section so far:
I'm not sure what the laws are in America, but I presume there is no law to get your child inoculated? That's sort of shitty. Of course, I'm not sure what the law is on that over here either, but people are less against that sort of thing in general here. They do all the inoculation jabs (Like the BCG Jab) in schools, where all the children are.
Then again, England is a un-religious country. Not so much that everyone is a atheist, just that the people who are theist "just believe" but never really go to church or anything. I don't know a single person who goes to church more than once a year (my 1 friend goes for Christmas, that's it), or really understands what they're supposed to be believing.
On another note of bad parenting, how bout those parents who don't immunize their children for fear of autism?
Parents against vaccination now, however, are less blameless.
2. God's (non)existence is something worth proving.
3. People of similar (non)beliefs enjoy congregating.
4. Being the ideology that drives science and scientific philosophy is important.
5. Being the ideology that drives the education of the young is important.
6. Polytheists are wrong.
7. The cake is a lie.
8. Ignorant people undermine credibility. They are also typically the loudest and most numerous at any given event.
9. Coming up with 10 things Christians and Atheists can agree on is kind of tricky.
10. Rym & Scott - totally gay.