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“For example, they believe that the human species is marching forward, that there is an advancement toward some kind of collective moral progress — that we are moving towards, if not a Utopian, certainly a better, more perfected human society. That’s fundamental to the Christian right, and it’s also fundamental to the New Atheists. You know, there is nothing in human nature or in human history that points to the idea that we are moving anywhere. Technology and science, though they are cumulative and have improved, in many ways, the lives of people within the industrialized nations, have also unleashed the most horrific forms of violence and death, and let’s not forget, environmental degradation, in human history. So, there’s nothing intrinsically moral about science.”

I’ve read all three books written by the new atheists. They certainly do lift science up to the level that devout believers lift up a deity. The problem is, atheists generally don’t acknowledge the negatives within their demographic that theists do. Do I see them as dangerous? No. As far as I’m concerned they are men writing about what they believe according to their own perceptions of what is true…not necessarily what IS true. Are they dangerous to their own cause? Perhaps since they are overly confident. The Judeo-Christian God is way too realistic to go the way of Thor, Odin, Ra, or any of the other “gods.” The sooner they realize that, the better.