Who would’ve thought that a handful of books and a single congressman would inspire such a heated reaction? It’s fantastic – our arguments are striking a nerve with the public, and theists are scrambling to assemble a coherent response (to no avail.)

Of course we’re subjected to the same old tired chestnuts: Vocal atheism only inspires more faith, Hitler and Stalin “were atheists” therefore atheism = communism/fascism, without religion man would have no moral compass (atheism will make you a criminal), lots of people are religious therefore there must be a god, America has lots of Christians and America is powerful therefore Christianity is true, blah blah blah. Good grief, have any of these guys actually read the arguments they’re claiming to refute? Sure doesn’t sound like it.

“The books referenced above assert that the debate is over and that atheism has won, but atheists have been saying that for more than 200 years.”

Classical mechanincs is over 300 years old. Special relativity is almost 100 years old. Quantum mechanics is at least 85 years old.
Classical thermodynamics is over 200 years old and Statistical thermodynamics is over
100 years old. Yet very few peolpe can even recite with adequate understanding one of the three laws of classical mechanics. They usually totally botch the second law of thermodynamics if they have ever even heard of it. Quantum mechanics? Special Relativity? Forget it.

So what’s this guy’s point that humanity is full of slow learners. Duh!

Bush is a xtian and humanity’s public enemy #1.

So what’s this guy’s point? That humanity is full of slow learners? Duh!

I can’t believe how many people – when hearing I am atheist – become literally scared of me, as if at the next turn I will cut their heads off and light them on fire.

Um . . . you mean we’re NOT supposed to do that?

I mean, even my own classmates asked me, “are.. are you going to shoot people or something?” (That was after I told them I was an atheist)