The article makes a valid point: the new atheist activists are functionally evil. They are harming many people. Scientific studies of religious people have found a God advantage: religious people on average are more optimistic, happy, brave, confident, courageous, charitable, giving, and live longer more successful lives. They are more successful in sports, business, and importantly from a human evolutionary standpoint: tribal warfare. Atheists do not have this scientifically detectable God advantage. An evil motive in promoting their non-beliefs is envy. Envy doesn't seek to have what others have, but to destroy or deny a perceived good that others have. Envy is the evil core of modern leftism.
If scientists could detect the effects of a second moon orbiting Earth through tides and altered orbits but they could not scientifically find this moon in space, should they nuke its calculated location to get rid of the annoyance?
They might succeed in blowing up a teapot. :)