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[quote=Anonymous]There will be rude people with social problems regardless of whether they believe in a religion or not. Atheism isn't the cause of her rude behaviors, but it has given her a platform to lecture others. Us atheists often point to behaviors like this as a negative aspect of religion, but the motivation is quite different. An atheist's view on religion is like a capitalists's view on socialism in the sense that socialists have come to their conclusion not because they are bad people, but just that they don't have a realistic and accurate world view and have fantastic ideas about the workings of civil human societies. Religious view on other religions and atheism, however, is different in the sense that the non-believers are often regarded as less worthy to varying degrees. I understand there's a lot of new age religion that has watered down this aspect of religion to the point of practical nonexistence, but the core of religion has the demonstrated power to elevate this to extremes and call upon their disciples to act in the most wicked manner, while assuring that their actions are sanctioned by non other than the will of God.

So to summarize, the SIL may be a pain in the ass, but she will never have a voice in her head telling her to exterminate all religious people. She merely have a social problem. Pull her aside, tell her that she is family and welcome to family functions, but she is being a little bitch and that she needs to stop. If not, she won't be invited again and she will wallow alone in the awkwardness that follows because everyone else will be breathing a sigh of relief.

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