Towards a Gentler Atheism

I've really been enjoying Chad Orzel's posts on his moderate form of atheism. He points out that the mythological aspects of religion are really only part of its popularity, and that morality and community are at least as important. It's easy to criticize the mythology, but angry atheists really have nothing to offer people who value the community or moral aspects of religion, and end up putting theists on the defensive about the whole shebang. Seems better to talk about the morality of atheists, and to do what we can to build secular communities. Orzel's posts are scattered and linked around, but he says it very well.