@Ruth_Mottram At my last place, I had some Jehova’s knock on the door. I told them I was an anti-theist, and offered them the opportunity to leave and try their chances on the next house. The woman said “I was an atheist too!” And I had to clarify that I thought religion was a terrible idea that caused untold suffering in the world, far more than any good it has ever done.

She hadn’t heard the term before, but persisted. I listened for a while and when the opportunity presented itself, went on a rant about what kind of all-powerful, all-knowing, all-seeing and all-compassionate deity gives kids cancer - and invited them to see their god’s work at the local pediatric cancer ward. I suggested that she should be raising money to cure the cancer her god gave those children, and not asking people to worship that same god.

Unsurprisingly, I was at that address for nearly 15 years… and they never came back.