I can attest to the aggressive tactics of theists. The main reason behind their aggressiveness is due to the indoctrination processes they are put through. Essentially, they are taught that they are to go out and "save souls" even if it kills us godless heathens.

Here are some excerpts of the article I wrote "About Absolutist Training" and published in my book Riding Some Wild Tangents.

First a formal definition: ABSOLUTIST — anyone belonging to any religion, especially the absolute Abrahamic religions – Judaism, Christianity, Islam, etc. – due to their absolutist beliefs system and is truly applicable to any AND all religious believers.

"The Absolutists usually begin the training from early childhood through a controlled, systematic, totalitarian indoctrination process which utilizes mental rape, emotional molestation, and psychological terrorism when a child's mind, especially in the ages of 4 to 14 years, is at its most susceptible and most vulnerable to cultural conditioning.

"Absolutists are trained to react to ideas, and to reject them no matter what they are told, presented, and/or taught. They are taught to never question their beliefs. Militantly trained to maintain and preserve the faith. And, due to this designed abusive training and indoctrination process, they shall do so with apologetics, beguiling dialectical semantics, distorted and perverted data, emotional whiny-ass pleas, and sometimes divinely-inspired violence. [In America, this is verbal violence. Physical in Islamic nations.]

"Absolutists are nothing more than liars, bullies, frauds, cowards, and oppressors hiding the agenda of their attempts and wont to enslave the human species... to destroy free thinking, to obliterate free will to make our own decisions. And it is all for nothing more than to pad their sorry fat asses with money pillows."

Yes, theists become aggressive (as all my family does) when you can easily destroy and disprove their coerced and compulsed beliefs system. As far as I am concerned, the most violent persons on this planet are those of religions bents.

Here is some interesting data I am currently working on re-analyzing:

Some Research Into The GOOD Of Religion
Author's Note: I have just downloaded some of the most recent TIGER data (and may need other data files) released by the Census Bureau. I am going to update this section eventually. I am even thinking of changing the colors to green and red, kind of to indicate safety and danger.

"Current research evidence does not support the common view that religiosity is positively correlated with good morality," said Sam Harris.

In fact, I used QGIS software, and the TIGER data from the Census Bureau and crime data files from the FBI to see how correct his statement is. It took me several months, but my research has shown that the more religious a population, the higher the crime rates, specifically violent crime. While the same research shows that the more educated (thus less religious) a population, the lower the crime rates. If religion is so damned good for us, then why does it seem to spawn so much more violent crime?

Here are some research numbers (since I cannot use colors, bold and italics):
Blue = Highly educated; persons with at least a Master's degree or higher, or multiple (2+) Baccalaureate or higher degrees.
Red = Highly religious; persons with low education (no high school diploma), Associate's degree or lower, or no degrees.
This is only in the United States, perhaps the most religious nation on Earth (excepting some Muslim nations).

• Of the 25 states with the lowest rates of crime, 5 are red, 20 are blue (a 1:4 ratio).
• Of the 25 states with the highest rates of crime, 19 are red, 6 are blue (a 3:1 ratio).
• Of the 25 most dangerous cities, 22 are red, 3 are blue (a 7:1 ratio).
• Of the 20 most safest cities, only 2 are red, 18 are blue (a 1:9 ratio).
• Of the 19 states with the highest rates of burglary, 16 are red, 3 are blue (a 5:1 ratio).
• Of the 22 states with the highest rates of theft, 18 are red, 4 are blue (a 4:1 ratio).
• Of the 22 states with the highest rates of murder, 19 are red, 3 are blue (a 6:1 ratio).

Reiteration: If religion is so damned good for us, then why does it seem to spawn so much more violent crime?

More shocking numbers on the goodness of religion (researched as an afterthought):

• 93% of convicted child molesters identify themselves as Christian :-O (a 13:1 ratio).
• 76% of all inmates identify themselves as religious believers (a 3:1 ratio).
• 0.02% of inmates identify themselves as Atheist, meaning only 1 in 5000 are Atheist.

If Atheists are so damned immoral... why does the prison population not reflect this? And look again at the first one.

I mean, "93% of convicted child molesters identify themselves as Christian?" What the Hell kind of crap is that?! And since, when?, the mid-80s, this has really come back to bite you Christians in the ass. Especially the Catholics within Christianity.

rmfr

Edit: correct some typos and add "Yes. I know the ratios above are rounded off."

Arakish: "If Atheists are so damned immoral... why does the prison population not reflect this?"
I would be very careful of statistics and especially about making inferences from them. The number of Christians in prisons may reflect nothing more than the hope of many inmates of sympathy or assistance from pastors or Christian prison visitors. They may also think it helps them in a court with "In God We Trust" above the judge.
(I'm a non-believer and not religious)