I mean, I really don't know how I could've been clearer in my original comment, beyond hedging it around with a lot of "not all atheists" disclaimers that I didn't think would be necessary alongside how specific I was already being. Apparently they were, because none of the responses that comment has elicited have had anything to do with what I was talking about, but instead were meant to counter a much more general criticism than the one I actually made.

It doesn't need an olive branch because, as eventually became clear, whatever argument was being pursued here wasn't with anything I'd said, or indeed anything to do with me - judging by your other comment you seem still to think I'm religious! Even were I otherwise inclined to, it'd be impossible to take offense on the back of such a total misapprehension.

But you're right that we all have better ways to spend our time.