JBlog Central - The Jewish Blog Network | The Atheists’ Unintended Gift

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The tone of the recent spate of books by proponents of Atheism (capitalized, correctly, like any faith) says much. The writers don’t suffice with presenting their cases; they insist on berating all who dare disagree, belittling religious believers as intellectual defectives.

Their confident public personae notwithstanding, the New Atheists’ cynicism and name-calling telegraph insecurity. They seem to realize, at least subconsciously, that the very same universe that inspires them to worship chance and venerate “nature’s laws” moves others to recognize a Creator.

The Disbelievers may have come to realize the unintended psychological message sent by all their sound and fury. Or maybe they are just spent from all their howling. Whichever, they – or at least some of them – have morphed their evangelical zeal into a kinder, gentler effort to reach the believing public.

A coalition of Atheist organizations has placed advertisements in Manhattan...