Religious people fail to recognize that debunking claims about the supposed existence of a god or gods is what critical thinkers and scientists do in their quest to understand the universe in an intellectually honest way. Part of that quest is a responsibility to expose flawed logic about the universe. These are some of the reasons that critical thinkers discuss and argue religion with religionists.

Unfortunately, in many countries, faith and religious credulity are viewed as being somehow superior to critical thinking and science. This leads religionists to formulate a suite of fallacious judgments about those who do not share the same beliefs and those who do not have any beliefs. Worse, those fallacious judgments become actions when religionists bully, oppress and repress others who do not share their beliefs. When words become actions, it becomes obvious to everyone that religionists have betrayed their own faith by behaving in a way that is not consistent with their beliefs as they themselves profess them to be.