but to Christian apologists especially. Don’t be like this fellow.
How many people are represented by Richard Dawkins? Or what would one make of this
Many atheists (e.g., Richard Dawkins) spend much of their time railing against the Creator they believe doesn’t exist, and they hold their cause with great devotion and faith.
Against the 7 dimensions of religion, I will say a few things.
On Narrative
It should be noted there were atheists before Darwin. Simon should read the work of Jean Messlier which should cure his ignorance. Messlier’s Last Will and Testament which is a polemic against religion appeared 100 years before Darwin put pen to paper to write the Origin of species.
Experiential, Social, and Ritual
That some atheists meet on a regular basis on a Sunday no less doesn’t make it a religion. Community is deeply human. To want to be in community with like minded fellows does not make the gathering any less human.
Doctrine
I am yet to meet a Santa Claus believer who has threatened my neighbour with hell. Religious people are everywhere selling their religions. To counteract their claims is not religious. It is the duty of all intelligent men and women.
Ethical
There is nothing stopping a moral relativist from making an ethical claim. Besides, among atheists there is to be found a broad spectrum of belief; from moral relativists, realists, objectivists etc. Atheists don’t exist as one homogeneous group with identical beliefs.
This claim by Stephen
This is not to say that you do not need to profess belief in God to argue morality, but you do need God to have absolute morality.
is quite the stretch.
Material
That NDT said “Accepting our kinship with all life on earth is not only solid science, in my view, it’s also a soaring spiritual experience” doesn’t mean all atheists say the same thing. There is a fallacy here.
His final claim is so ridiculous it doesn’t warrant a response.
There is a better response to the above trope here.
Random thoughts 