Interesting article. Despite the fact I'm an atheist I have relatively no problems with even my most devout friends (one of my best friends is a priest - we've known each other practically our entire lives). I have gotten into debates with a few fundamentalists in the past but those debates were really futile and a big time waster in the end. The majority of people in my life are believers. I'm the only atheist in my very catholic family, they always do those intercessory prayers for me.