Edited sentence: Atheists such as Sam Harris show a strong hostility to religious tolerance, saying "The very ideal of religious tolerance—born of the notion that every human being should be free to believe whatever he wants about God—is one of the principal forces driving us toward the abyss" and "Religious moderates are, in large part, responsible for the religious conflict in our world, because their beliefs provide the context in which scriptural literalism and religious violence can never be adequately opposed".On the other hand, some atheists directly oppose separation of church and state as it can be considered a form of religious tolerance by allowing christians to coexist in the world and practicing their beliefs in private.and will refuse to consider the notion that seperating unprovable faith from important government decisions and hot-button issues(like abortion) could stop people from thinking that one's religion is a reasonable justification for violence