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>>6002739
what actually ends up happening (in societies where both parties are somewhat free to interact but not to completely overpower the other) is this:

believer b is concerned for atheist a's soul (or wants to recruit him or whatever other reason). atheist a, just like everybody else, desperately wants to be saved, because the fear of a death with nothing coming after is awful. "i am euphoric" is as much directed at himself as at anybody else: an attempt to console himself now that he has lost the comfort of a purpose in life. atheist a gets upset about believer b's approaches, as b's acting condescending towards a when a knows b is unknowingly selling snake oil for a real problem they both have is very upsetting, and it gets moreso every time it occurs, which is very often. a then lashes out at b, often in a fit of emotion and with many insults. fighting escalates until we reach present-day america, where each side uses the other as a synonym for stupidity.