Here is an interesting and thought-provoking essay addressing the issue of the new Atheistic movement and to what extent these individuals are influenced by the morality espoused by religions.
This is my favorite part of the piece:
"... if [atheists are] right (and in a raw, pure and absolutist form atheism is unpalatable to most people), then that might be an indication that there is something to all this “religion stuff” besides the temporary emotional analgesic he describes. Maybe, if wanting meaning is the way people are, and we are part of nature, then those feelings—however they express themselves—might indicate something true about the reality of nature and the way it actually is, rather than just signaling an emotional need for religious therapy."
I believe this to be a decent argument for the ligitimacy for religious belief and practice. Since most people naturally desire meaning in the form of religious and spiritual practice rather than nihilistic atheism, and this want is part and parcel of the nature of the world (since we're part and parcel of the nature of the world), then this quest for meaning via religion and religious morality may say something true about us as human beings.
Read the entire article for more.
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