As a born Jew, the grandchild of 4 persecuted Russian immigrants, I denounced my inherited religion at age 11. In reflecting on what may have caused such a dramatic declaration so early, I recall observing that Judaism tended to focus on ancestor-worship, which, in addition to many uninspiring rituals, failed to nourish my soul.
In its stead I created my own, rudimentary religion, consisting of a belief in God strictly because I desired one, a few personal holidays borne of occasions in my life, and the strong conviction that organized religion is inherently the refuge of lazy non-thinkers who allow institutions to think for them on the most philosophical of issues. Or, as I eventually shorthanded it, the intersection of psychology and government.
I practiced my religion for many years before realizing what I actually am is an agnostic secular humanist. As such, perhaps I’m not qualified to answer your rhetorical (or maybe not) question about atheists fearing the faithful. Nevertheless, I can speak only for myself by saying I don’t feel the slightest bit threatened by you, by Judaism, or by any widely observed set of beliefs. In fact, I can’t imagine why anyone – atheist, agnostic, skeptic – would be. I would, however, postulate that those who cling to their prescribed views have a lot to fear since what they have literally staked their lives on is by no means proven or guaranteed. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your position, the ridicule manifested by shooting the moon on what turns out to be the wrong theory of afterlife will not be experienced in this realm of our existence. In either event, I suggest you have engaged in a rather revealing exercise in sheer projection.