Both must be respected, in my opinion.
There is…as I’d sort of felt before, and know now…a very dangerous trend in existence.
The fact of the matter is…if you put two sides against each other, and both have hundreds of thousands of “members”…mathematically speaking, each side is going to have a LOT of extremists.
Personally, I find atheists in general far more likely to incite than theists…but that’s just my own experience.
Whatever the state of “which side” is “winning”…given the EXTREME emotion and conviction on BOTH SIDES by some, it is EXTREMELY dangerous to continue on this path.
The inevitable conclusion to this path of viciously attacking the “other side” is conflict. Physical conflict is inevitable (it’s happening already, actually). Because the extremists on one side will do something, the ones on the other will respond, there will be a response to that…
A logical mind sees this. A logical mind wishes to avert this. A logical mind yields to common sense and peace over pride and anger.
The Wiccan Rede is easy enough to follow. “An ye harm none, do as ye will.”
That is the logical course of action.