Well this is a straw man post, the kind of thing that gets an airing on Fox News. Answer, no. Dismissive of religious nonsense is the basis of atheism, not hatred of people.

I have a problem with stupid.
I have a problem with condescension.
Not hateful, but they really do frustrate me.
If we had pets who were that stupid we would probably have them put down thinking they had suffered a stroke.
OK, I can't disprove the existence of a god, you cannot prove the non-existence of anything.
However just about everythign in the bible and other religious texts has been disproven, the GODS in those texts do not exist, so if there is a god, it is not the one these fools worship.
There is so much information around these days that anyone capable of logic and reason would just laugh at all the religions. Yet these people persist in their incredible ignorance, by choice, they choose to, they want to. My level of tolerance decrease constantly.
Rant over.

I'm not until your beliefs are infringing on the rights of others. I don't care what someone believes if that belief turns into an action that hurts someone.

As an atheist, I don't feel hateful toward any religious people. If I did, I wouldn't have many friends. Just don't try to convert me. My friends don't hassle me about being an atheist.

I do feel anger toward politicians like Jeff Sessions who want to turn their bigoted, religious beliefs into laws discriminating against women and minorities.

People (of any stripe) tend to unconsciously fall into false binaries: if you're not with me, you're against me...if you don't believe what I believe, you must believe the opposite...if you don't like what I like, you must hate what I like...if you're not in my tribe, you must be my enemy.

And, ooh, Lordy--it only takes the barest smidge of corroborating "evidence" for these binaries to become hard and fast, irrefutable dogma: so one bitter, argumentative atheist means all atheists are bitter, spiteful people who hate believers.

Confirmation bias keeps people from straying outside of their lanes. And the backlash effect returns people to their lanes, forcefully, when outside information rudely challenges their worldviews.

It's not a "believers-versus-atheists" thing. It's an "anybody-versus-anybody-else-who-doesn't-subscribe-to-my-identity" thing. It just happens to be particularly fraught in the "believers-versus-atheists" arena due to the strength of conviction and feeling--on all sides.

Oh, and that critical distinction between ideas and people which you make so effortlessly? Yeah, most people don't.

I've noticed some to be pretty militant to be honest. As if they too have forgotten we are all human.

If replying to a believer , show me proof, evidence is being rude , then so be it.

The short answer is “Yes.”
The longer answer is “Yyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssss.”

I had a weird conversation on this very site over capitalizing God as a proper noun. I got bitched out by some lady for pointing out that proper grammar was still a thing.

I'm not hateful towards them, at most I am very critical of the die hard religious folk that try to impose their crap upon others. You only get heat if you are the one making things difficult for others, and if you scream persecution afterwards, then you don't deserve any respect. Being critical of beliefs isn't hateful, no idea is beyond scrutiny and must stand up to scrutiny else be cast aside as the tripe that it is.

I give all folks besic respect that all deserve upon initial encounters, but there is a clear distinction between the holder or a belief and the belief itself.

Expressing one's opinion is not wrong. Are you saying you shouldn't point out wrongful thoughts and beliefs? Are you saying it's OK to say Jesus did this and that, but not to say that he didn't? Are evangelists being hateful when they try to tell the unbeliever that his thoughts are wrong?

It's hateful to spread a belief so that you can feel more confident that your beliefs are actually true and further removing doubt that you have an afterlife. That's called sacrificing another person for your own benefit. That's hateful.

From one Paul to another, I know religious people have no problem whatsoever telling atheists that we're going to be smoking in hell after we die. Now, I take issue with that.

I do tend to be dismissive of people who reject evidence when it conflicts with the words that were written down 6000 years ago in another language, when people thought the sun revolved around the Earth and that God chose 12 tribes out of all the people on the planet to be the most special people of all... and who expect people to base their personal decisions on the morality laid down by the tribal laws of that time and place. That's not "ideas", it's dogma.

Now, you might think that attitude is hateful, I don't know. I prefer to think of it as "bemused irritation" combined with "grudging tolerance", especially since so many politicians still pander to them and I can't do anything about it. For now.

I have never met anyone who bashed anyone else for their beliefs - maybe I have lived a sheltered life?We live in anno domini 2018 and no one has yet had proof of the existence of a god - that weighs with me ; two thousand and eighteen years with no peep from a god any god there are apparently 320,000,000 gods and in that time 2018 years not one of those three hundred and 20 million has appeared. I am open to the possibility that one will turn up but I am not holding my breath and yes it is true what you say - nobody knows.

Sorry for your experiences .. Let this one ost and others who agree, that is not how atheists, at least most atheists are or behave.

We are good without god and without " the fear" with guilt which comes along for the fantasy ride.

no we're not hateful. what does that achieve ? But your stance on god is ignoring so much evidence to the contrary [ the hubble telescope surely makes it plain the vastness that this being is supposed to influence ].

I can only speak for myself - don't have a lot of hate in me - anger yes hate no and yet I probably have some very good reasons for hating - I feel I have a nice enough persona and am kind I certainly wouldnt want to actively hurt anyone and it doesnt bother me in the least what religion anyone is.
I have often been the butt of fun for others - when i did my person centred counselling course there were about 18 of us one was a deaconess, two priests two nuns, a c of e vicar and a sundry set of believers and non believers - It was interesting that only the men outed themselves.
I got on well with the vicar who called me 'the wee heathen' , at the end of the course those of us who were friends went on a walk together and it started to rain we said to David the vicar that we thought he'd have sorted that for us, with a word upstairs- his reply was don't blame me i 'm just sales, you'll have to talk to management!

Is back to humans again
what is right is wrong for the other what is wrong is right for some else
respecteach view if you disagree just do not listen and move on
no need to debate or argue just move on
simple if the convesation is heading south you move to the north

No I don't think atheists disrespect Spiritual people. We should not look down on others.

Not hateful, but frustrated that rather than an open discussion, conversation consists of parotting memes and talking points without thought. I recall (perhaps it was XKCD?) a flowchart once about "discussions". Question 1 - Are you willing to change your mind? If yes, we can proceed towards a discussion. If no, you are would be spouting tropes, memes, and talking points. I can see plenty of that on TV, browsing, etc.

I am Atheist but I do see evidence that suggest perhaps we are not alone in the Galaxy or even the Universe. Perhaps we are the product of Alien creation? If so then I guess that would be a god like figure to us. I would venture to say that a being advanced enough to create us would be sufficently advanced to appear magical or wizard like. They could perform task that is beyond our understanding. So they must be gods, right? In any event I don't chastise people for their belief. I believe that all human beings deserve dignity and respect. I do agree also that there is nothing wrong with criticizing a bad ideas. Its pretty much ingrained into the minds of a freethinker to question everything. Bashing fellow human beings is counter priductive to moving forward as a race. If we are to advance our own civilization then we must first become civilized.

I don't know about hateful--okay, yes there are some hateful people here--but most are just not tolerant. They are certain that they are correct and do not want to tolerate anyone who believes differently. In this, they are just like every religion.

However, there are some great people on here, too, who respect the right of every individual to believe what he/she wants to believe, regardless of whether they think it's right or not.

I’m a spirtual atheist and I find it easy to not be hateful toward people.

I hate hypocrisy. Most religious people l have known are hypocrites. The way the religious right fawns over our President. He is not only a horrible President, he is a despicable human being. I don't like people pushing their beliefs on others. I don't push my beliefs or way of life on others, and l expect the same in return.

It seems like everyone is hateful to someone at sometime. I think it is called human nature. I do not like to be negative. I do my best to steer clear of negativity. I firmly believe that negativity makes you ill. The other day someone on facebook called me an optimist like it was a disease. I said I would always rather see the glass 1/2 full. I realize that is totally against my stand against 45. I cannot control my hatred of the emotional face he shows humanity. I would like to see him dead and not in years, soon. There is nothing I can do to cause that to happen. Everything 45 touches, he destroys. He opened up emissions requirements on vehicles, allows trophy kills now on elephants and lions, opened our national parks to be mined, showed a picture of a border wall that is a fake, and now is going to withdraw troops from Syria. 45 is insane, and I don't care what lies his doctor said aout mental health. I guess you just try to be as good a person as you can and realize you are not going to always be happy with yourself.

I find that many of them are. Which is why I think there is a clear difference between Agnosticism/Secular Life and Atheism. I will never call myself a true atheist due to tolerance of others -- I have friends that have strong religious beliefs in Judaism and Christianity. Most true "Atheists" I know enjoy the combative part of defending their belief system (science, rational thought, etc) and attempting to convince others. I have no desire to try to convince others, or challenge their beliefs. I take no joy in trying to challenge what people are committed to and the likelihood of those changing their views in that position are very small, so I don't do it. I just want to be accepted and respected that I have my own commitment to science and logic. And I don't want others to try to change my views to embrace theirs. Prosyletizing is the same whether you are doing it on behalf of religion or logical thought. Shoving your belief systems down other people's throats accomplishes nothing. People have to come to their own realizations.