The New New Atheism by Berkowitz in Opinion Journal. A quote:
Unlike the Enlightenment atheism of the 18th century, which arose in a still predominantly religious society and which frequently went to some effort to disguise or mute its disbelief, the new new atheism proclaims its hatred of God and organized religion loudly and proudly from the rooftops. And unlike the anti-modern atheism of Nietzsche and Heidegger, which regarded the death of God as a catastrophe for the human spirit, the new new atheism sees the loss of religious faith in the modern world as an unqualified good, lamenting only the perverse and widespread resistance to shedding once and for all the hopelessly backward belief in a divine presence in history.
Is it not odd that intelligent people would view that as an important thing to do? I often think of modern proselytizing atheism as a form of religion, in which they replace God with a devil, who now must be driven from the land. I agree with Berkowitz' piece that the arguments are both thin and emotion-based, with minimal philosophical or theological background.