Massie explains why the new atheists can seem preachy:
...their religious counterparts...generally confine themselves to arguing that you are wrong (and, of course, damned) whereas Dawkins et al also demand that you acknowledge they are right. Worse still - and I say this as someone with a faith deficit - they insist upon going on and on and on about it. We get it, chaps.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2009/01/put-some-life-into-it/206895/
