Religion is a pox on mankind, pure and simple, always has been, is and will be. Religious people are deranged as individuals and beyond dangerous as groups. With billions of them worldwide there is no surprise that humanity is so out of it today.
Atheists are quite the diverse «group». What we have in common is that we don’t believe there are any gods, not the christian god, and not the numerous other major or minor gods out there. It is that simple. Everything else is optional.
Humans created the gods, mostly out of various kinds of fear, and some people’s wish to dominate others. It’s way past time that we put a stop to this. We shouldn’t live in constant fear, and no one should rule others.
That, too, is very simple.
Further reading on the subject on Midnight Fire:
No god
A land given them by god
Loathe
Nothing happened - a ballad
The Ten Commandments
Ravings of an insane idiot
Fear is the key
Why missionaries suck