Everyone is entitled to have an opinion - no one else is obliged to defer to it. Opinions that are unsubstantiated assertions are as worthless as they come
The recent media debacle of fringe idiot zealot versus other idiot zealots should have resulted in severe garbage pelting at the preacher, his flock, the protesters, and their "mob instigators".
This holds true for any sort of belief. Now pardon me while I go placate the air conditioning faeries and pixies...