I have news for you, sir. Richard Dawkins is not making it ‘sort of socially unacceptable to be a Christian.’ The lady who tours the country comparing God to an octopus is. The mega-church pastor who attacks homosexuals, then gets caught doing meth with a gay hooker? He is. The people who sell Testamints? They are. The church officials who protect child molesting priests? They are. The congressmen who demand that the Ten Commandments stay in courtrooms, but can’t recite more than three of them? They are.

When it comes right down to it, being a hypocrite is going to get you mocked. Sadly, believing the same things that publicly reviled hypocrites do is going to get you mocked. When it gets down to brass tacks, just believing in anything passionately is going to get you mocked. That’s true whether you’re a Christian, an atheist, a Tori Amos fan, a vegan, or a libertarian.