Sab (and some others) do seem to be running with the assumption that this discussion is purely about respecting 'believers'. No attempt has been made to outline the other side of the discussion.
ST, non believers don't want to be grouped together and rightly so. They simply don't believe which doesn't mean anything about them. Believers on the other hand often feel a special kinship with non believers. It's because believers "group up" so to speak that the non believers feel threatened. But what is not understood is that it's a fact of life that believers group up. It's a fact of life that people of like mind group up, but non believers don't want to be labeled. It's a "have your cake and eat it too" fallacy by saying that atheists are not a group, but then complain when believers are getting too much "air time."
Talking about how believers are smeared is not taking any personal responsibility. It is blame.
I don't see this forum riddled with anti-Science propaganda do you? The problem is that the unbelievers are not taking responsibility. They don't see the difference between the believers of JWN and the believer stereotype when the difference is clearly apparent. You don't see a believer going, "You think Science is right? You are a fool." We all know there are PLENTY of those types and they would be ran off by the believers here because they are not welcome. People who discredit science as something without value or is Satanic is like the Watchtower.
-Sab