But that's not what people like Dawkin say:
In his speech Dawkins said he had "disposed one by one" of arguments for God's existence, and believed it was "a form of child abuse" to assume children inherited their parents' religion "without consent".
The man has absolute faith that God is a false concept, and he wishes his faith to be a determining factor in how other people raise their children.
And that's what's wrong with atheism today. It's not about lack of faith. It's about hatred of God.
Correct. And there’s has been no vaild workinbg refutation of the philosophical and metaphysical proof for the existence of God that withstands a human’s own senses and reason. This is not a debate that started recently. Dawkins says nothing new. Atheism is much more a blind act of faith than a belief in God.
Unfortunately, those with simply a lack of faith, such as I, aren't a very vocal bunch. It's hard atheists like Dawkins who do most of the talking. You have your similar extreme types in religion, and they also get most of the attention.
"Today" doesn't enter into it. The large majority of atheists/agnostics simply lack faith. Some think believers are deluded or dumb, but most don't care. And only a militant few try to win others over to atheism. Pretty much as it has always been.
Richard Dawkins is a brilliant biologist. But like so many scientists, he's so used to being the smartest person in the room that he can't imagine someone else knowing more than he does. That's why he somehow thought it was a good idea to debate theology with a theologian.