It's amazing. Reading this thread all the way up to Adam's first comment made me sick. Please: if that is what a
lack of religion does, then opiate the masses. (If you don't know that allusion, please research Russian history, 20th century.) Try not to paint the rest of us anti-religionists as cold, ruthless, bloodthirsty, and cruel. It makes it really hard to convince people who are religious that they're wrong when they're convinced they'll be eaten alive.
Radical: I'd recommend reading Douglas Adams instead, who was also a self-proclaimed atheist. Perhaps you won't take a holier-than-thou position quite as often.
An Interview with Douglas Adams, Winter 1998-1999