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No, it isn't the same. You can chose to be religious but you can't chose to be a child

Telling people that you think their decisions are bad is valid (although I agree it is done way too often in such discussions), telling them that they are evil just because they exist isn't.

That being said "real" atheists actually just don't believe there is a god. All you need to believe in god is... well, your belief. And all you need to not believe in god is your dis-belief.