I think the argument from utility is absurd on the face of it. I think the entire idea of deciding what we think is true based on what we want to be true is laughable. Or it would be, if it weren’t so appalling.
Madalyn Murray O’Hair was once described by Time magazine as the most hated woman in America. She was certainly the most famous atheist in America during the latter half of the 20th century; she never shunned the spotlight and she never avoided an opportunity to create controversy and discussion.
Notably, your political opponents cite the same god as you do when they oppose social services funding. (Abraham Lincoln pointed out the irony, in his famous speech noting that both sides of the Civil War prayed to the same deity and invoked the same bible.) Belief that “God is on my side” is one of the most common sources of political strife, violence, bloodshed and warfare.
Moderators on FOX News’ Facebook page had been trying diligently to delete the violent threats, but not before they were screen-captured by a diligent American Atheists member named Robert Posey.
Always Question Authority 