"Evangelical atheism"

Here's a long, and sobering, post by Rod Dreher, on the recent WSJ op-ed on the "evangelical atheism" trend, and what it suggests about, well, lots of things.  A taste of the op-ed:

Mr. Onfray argues that atheism faces a "final battle" against "theological hocus-pocus" and must rally its troops. "We can no longer tolerate neutrality and benevolence," he writes in "Traité d'athéologie," or Atheist Manifesto, a best seller in France, Italy and Spain. "The turbulent time we live in suggests that change is at hand and the time has come for a new order."

As with many fights involving faith, Europe's struggle between belief and nonbelief is also a proxy for other, concrete issues that go far beyond the supernatural. In this case, they involve a battle to define the identity of a continent.

I might pick a different word than "evangelical" to describe Mr. Onfray.  Moving on, though, here's Dreher:

Canary in the coal mine time for the faithful in Europe: This best-selling author preaches that the time for tolerating religious believers in Europe is past, and it's time for a "final battle." What's this you atheists who comment here like to say about the hostility and intolerance of Christians? Dream on, dears.