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I ask, because what is visible to users is "oh the Atheist's comments/answers were removed, but not the Christian's", what isn't seen is what the actual comments/answers consisted of. Which in this particular case was blatant flaming and bashing of multiple people, across multiple questions. The removals had nothing to do with having a differing view on the subject - it was entirely the way they were going about expressing it, which was rude and offensive (and often punctuated with multiple f-bombs), which is not appropriate for the site, and never has been.
I would ask that you (and others) please keep that in mind, as there has been a lot of talk about "bias" issues, but users don't have the whole picture, and are often making incorrect judgements based on that limited information.
Something else that might be worth mentioning as well, is that not all religious questions are "debate" type questions. So if someone is asking about a specific aspect of their religion, and someone comes along and posts an answer that isn't addressing that specific question, then it can be removed for being off-topic. Again, it's not that there is an issue with the person's view point, it's just not the right place to be expressing it.
Also, please don't read any of that in a cranky/snippy tone of voice, I definitely wasn't writing it that way, and with tone of voice so not carrying over the internet, I realized afterwards that it probably came across that way. :)