I experienced the opposite. Atheists I've known tend to be vicious people and some of the unhappiest.
The difference is that most Christians are being annoying out of love. Whether they're right or wrong, they genuinely believe they are helping you. I've never felt atheist recruitment to be coming from a place of love, and they can be just as annoying as the overzealous Christians.
As I got older, I started to question - what kind of society would I want to live in? One in which everyone was atheist and I was a Christian or one in which everyone was a Christian and I was an atheist? Looking at the historical record, the latter is far preferable to the former.
I experienced the opposite. Atheists I've known tend to be vicious people and some of the unhappiest.
The difference is that most Christians are being annoying out of love. Whether they're right or wrong, they genuinely believe they are helping you. I've never felt atheist recruitment to be coming from a place of love, and they can be just as annoying as the overzealous Christians.
As I got older, I started to question - what kind of society would I want to live in? One in which everyone was atheist and I was a Christian or one in which everyone was a Christian and I was an atheist? Looking at the historical record, the latter is far preferable to the former.
Atheists can be just as annoying. Same goes for Buddhists, Hindus, etc.
And the world I would want to live in has no dogmatic teachings and no angry atheists. People need to find the middle way on their spiritual path.