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We should suspect that ex-Christians, -Muslims and -Jews who are unwilling to express their contempt for the religion which they have abandoned and who instead advocate toleration towards it are still polluted by it. That is, although they now claim to be agnostics - or even atheists - the religious poison which once ran freely and potently in their veins has not been fully cleansed from their nervous system.
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Perhaps it is more a realisation that the alternative to tolerance of another's differing beliefs is conflict and violent conflict at that. Contempt and hate go hand in hand.
Trying to ban religon is just as bad as the religous trying to make non believers go to church. you can disgree with someone but still respect them. What you advocate is no different from the proddies going out to beat up a pape on a saturday night.