re: #11 Political Atheist

The author is repeating the mistake the fundie christians make. basically it’s a claim their way of thinking is best, the others wrong somehow.

No, he is NOT doing the same thing at all! Only the fundies are saying you have to believe in God and be like them to be moral. He refutes that with data showing that atheists have better than average stats for avoiding crime, STD’s, teen pregnancy and divorce.

He is not denying that there are moral religious people!

He is not saying religious people must renounce their religions so they can become moral!

He is refuting an evil slander directed at the most discriminated against “religious” group in the US, atheists. And hey, if the atheists’ numbers happen to be so good that it sounds like bragging, well are they supposed to just let the slander stand unchallenged because it is rude to brag?