I do not feel angry, the religious might be angry with us because we accept what is real provable and coherent.

Now picture Dawkins as a female!!! I see it in the political arena also, too many out there still hold with that idea women need to be quiet. A self assured woman is not liked by many conservative religious men. Too bad.

It's how they're depicted, but it's not true. I know a lot of atheists, and they are very kind, reasonable, fun people. I know far more religious people who are angry. They're angry because of someone getting an abortion, or being Muslim, or saying "Happy Holidays" instead of Merry Xmas or not wanting baby Jesus dolls displayed in the courthouse. It seems they are angry at everything.

I DONT KNOW...i will say this... it adds adrenalin. There's been times that anger was my friend and other times it threw me off guard.

My being angry has less to do with me being an atheist, and more to do with the fact that I don't like stupid people.

It's stupid to believe in a crazy God? The only kind I can possibly believe has any influence on the world as it stands is a spiteful and malevolent one. A benevolent God? Utter nonsense. When children are born with terminal cancer, that isn't 'moving in mysterious ways', that's having no influence, not caring, or not existing in the first place.

I have a lot of anger directed at Catholicism, because my mother's Catholic bigotry towards people like me is something I've had to grow up with. I know it's by no means the worst of the Christian faiths in this respect, but I take Catholicism's behaviour very, very personally. Especially when I've watched friends of family discover their child is gay, ban him from having a computer or Internet access, and then 6 months later, he's mysteriously found the devotion to join a seminary. How convenient.

For centuries, Catholicism has taken its gay men (and women) dressed them in black, told them they can't have sex ever, ever, EVER, and then put them in charge of choirs and orphanages. I'm not linking homosexuality to paedophilia (as a lot of people assume when I'm saying this.) What I am saying is that if you deny someone (gay, straight or bisexual) a healthy sexual outlet, you gamble with the possibility of them finding an unhealthy one. Furthermore, Catholicism's understanding of sin makes it no worse to molest a youngster against their will than it does to have consensual gay sex with an adult. And then it wonders why it's plagued by child abuse scandals.

Fundamental to modern religion should be to do no harm. Those religions (and religious factions) that continue to harm people, intentionally or through lack of consideration of consequences, will get no respect from me.

If a Christian expresses anger toward me, depending on my patience level at that moment, I may try to understand where their anger is coming from and speak to that. Maybe. It seldom has the desired effect, though, at least in the immediate present. If they are disrespectful to me with their anger, forget it. They get what's coming to them in that case, and I make no apologies. ..of course, when they're nasty, I am tempted to taunt them with: "You're just SPREADIN' the love of Jesus, aren't you?"

It is in the individual's personality, not in the lack of religious belief.

For the same reason the general population is. Some people are just always angry. But I'll bet it's a lower percentage in Atheists.

Dawkins would be equally angry with an atheist who claimed to know everything about history as he would be with Ken Ham as president. Some people don't need religion to "turn into a dick." That "down the nose" view that condescending people have generally sparks anger in atheists and the "Christians" have been taught to defer to condescending people. It's odd that someone so wise doesn't understand this.

I don't get angry-thats wasted energy. Walk away.

Because when humans go to war... they have a tendency to end up similar to their enemy. There are some here and out of here at war with god and religion. It does consume them, really. Not Saying Right or Wrong. I just don't have the time to battle beliefs I rather do something else.

I wouldn't be inclined to anger, since it's a waste of energy, but when the righteous pricks start telling me I have to believe their bullshit or celebrate their holidays or have my school calendar revolve around theirs, then I'm inclined to get irritated

Rabbibubba has indeed left the building...

Not going to speak of others and generalize but what I feel to fit the so called "angry atheist" term is due to being sick and tired of seeing religious posts, billboards, references, overtones, undertones, hidden messages in conversations relating to some sort of religious crap, seeing over and over again when someone is sick to pray but they forget about the doctors & ER nurses who had a real hand in the matter, government trying to weasel their way into our lives with religion, need I go on about this but you get the point. That's what I think some of us are tired of dealing with on a daily basis. It's frustrating, aggravating to say the least.

I know I am angry, because for all of my childhood, I was subjected to forced indoctrination, and I have so few real happy memories of childhood. I am very resentful and angry about that... Although I keep it all in check most of the time.

Frustration breeds anger

Why don't you go directly to the angry atheists, and ask them?

Why ask dogs "how do cats feel?" when they don't know?

Because in order for religion to get people to maintain their beliefs, they MUST try to stop people from questioning and to continue to indoctrinate and proselytize. If they don't try to enter the public sphere and influence politics, on who we can marry, what we can teach, I wouldn't care - any more than I care if you believe in palm reading or astrology.

Hey, you want to see irrational anger at its best? Run into a Catholic Church. Run right up to the nearest crucifix (the larger the better) and pretend to be tickling its nipples!