Why do you "as an Atheist", take your time to read especially the bible, then when you know a little, you go about making sick critique and wrong claims about the religion you do not believe in?
I think I first read Revelations because it was the "cool" part of the bible that got the most attention from popular culture.
I read the first few pages of Genesis to understand the creation story- and also to enjoy the beauty of the language and the words itself. Beyond that, I have barely read the bible although I did hear bible stories when I was in Primary school. I did try to read some of the Qu'ran but didn't get very far.
There is an element of the criticism of religion which is necessary to protect freedom from those who would deny it in the name of serving god, particularly in denying the right of people to pursue pleasure, as well as challenging those ideas in religion which have been outdated by scientific discoveries.
However, the relationship between science and religion is more complex than a simple conflict or collision of worldviews, and religion and philosophy have as much to say about science as science has to say about religion. So there is a give-and-take in the relationship between science and religion. The same can also be said for religion and freedom, as religions are diverse in the interpretations of their scriptures and in how believers they apply them in their daily life and affairs.
Do you find it fun to mock those who believe what you do not believe in? What is your purpose to try to drag down the religions?
No. I am open in admitting I did have sympathy for "State Atheism" a while back, but came to realise how wrong it was as an attack on the rights and dignity of religious believers. Spending time on RF did really bring home the humanity of religious believers and the importance in understanding and respecting their convictions, especially when you disagree.
As an Ex-Communist, I'm not really in a position to claim moral superiority over anyone else as I clearly supported a system responsible for great evil, even if it wasn't actually evil in itself. That has been strangely liberating and humanising in that you have to forgive others to forgive yourself for making that kind of error. The inner experience of being a Communist is virtually identical with religious belief and conversion as far as I can tell, so that has made it easier for me to relate to religious believers even if I may find such comparisons admittedly uncomfortable.
People who tend to mock religious belief typically are not those who have invested themselves in their beliefs or had to confront seriously the possibility they are wrong and what it means to lose "faith" and the identity that comes with it. Without that experience of pain and loss, or the passion of believing yourself to be a follower in the path of truth and justice only to realise you are in error, it does make it easier to be cruel and short-sighted in condemning those things which we may well be capable of if we only paid attention at our own reflection.
Atheists are not without their share of flaws, but they have them for the same reasons as religious believers; because we're all imperfect and our imperfection and our limitations is part of what makes us human. Recognising it takes time, effort and sacrifice.