In terms of a turn of phrase and an intriguing basic idea, this deserves drawing to your attention.
"Say the word 'atheist' 100 years ago and it conjured up a vision of sexy, freewheeling rebels celebrating life, love and creativity in their rejection of a higher power. Say it now and a vision of fun-hating killjoys, desperately scared that somewhere a Christian is having a good time by singing lustily in church on a Sunday morning, comes to mind. And, sadly, the alleged 'humanist morality' never happened – to this day, 80% of all unpaid and unself-interested voluntary and charity work is faith-driven."
There are the predictable replies from atheists in the comments, this is from the Guardian after all...
Julie Burchill: I'm a teen atheist turned Christian tryer | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk:
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