Atheists here are very prickly compared to what I see in real life. There seems to be an overreaction to the Witnessses which I well understand. It is just that I know no one at two major universities who constantly must prove atheism to others. There is not the hostility to believers or even the view that only one answer can be right. Perhaps it is an East Coast thing. When I am up walking around Columbia University or Princeton, I expect the vast majority of science and math majors to be atheist. Rather than discuss the sins of believing, one is more likely to discuss music or TV shows.
I know my reaction to fundamentalism is untoward. The WT might make more atheists in the long run than it makes Witnesses. In this part of the world, if everyone set out to correct what they viewed as false teaching, the violence would be uncontrolable. The Army would have to be called in. What is so wrong with liking traditional things? I love the history (well, the good history parts), the hymns, organs, the paegentry. The coffee hour camraderie. Plus, the freedom to believe exactly what I choose to believe. The different styles of service appeal to me. I love the older version but that is what I first encountered. Incense is big to me. Looking at stained glass windows is nice.
I was not raised in the faith. Of course, I realize that somehow I adore everything the WT is not. I was an atheist in college until I was in Elaine Pagel's course. She removed any thought of religion as being magical or just happening. There were always political and economic reasons for things.
Evangelism bothers me far more than atheists. I wonder how I would feel if I had never been a Witness.