Thanks for the comments -- I think.... A couple of responses. First, the reason I put "proofs" in quotation marks was precisely to suggest that they are interesting artifacts of intellectual history, and suggestive in some ways, but certainly NOT proofs. So to insists on that is, if you'll forgive, preaching to the choir.
Second, I notice how none of the posters chose to deal with the twentieth century -- or any time post French Revolution, when ideology proved far more savage than religion ever has.
Finally, I wonder about the source of the anger. In study after study, religious people are more charitable, have more intact families, give more time to help others etc. I'll be happy to post, but if you want the studies, take a look at the penultimate chapter of WHY FAITH MATTERS. Does this somehow antagonize atheists?
