Oh my, this is good. All Things Considered has published the podcast of their show “Atheist Brigade Takes Arguments to the Tolerant”.
One of the initial quotes in the piece says that Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris wield logic like a bludgeon. A delightful way of saying that both are strident atheists.
Of course an earlier quote says that the new Atheist Brigade uses reason and ridicule, mostly ridicule. Of course religion is ridiculous, how can anyone not see that it is?
Look, belief in a sky fairy is ridiculous. It abdicates responsibility for self.
Can you explain your statement, “Belief in (God) abdicates responsibility for self,” further please?
Simple – you chalk up good/bad behavior of your own to either a god or a devil.