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Most of the atheists in communities I frequented back when I felt that being an atheist was Important.
Hitchens I wouldn't particularly disagree with. Dawkins is certainly not the most well acquainted person with religious arguments that you could find, but I find that he often tends to be be portrayed as ignorant in cases where he's actually being reasonably dismissive.
Have a look throgh the essays I linked above (unfortunately the way Blogger works it starts with the end - find the first essay and work forwards). Rilstone pretty comprehensively destroys Dawkins' book, and I say that as someone who should be on Dawkins' side...
I read it; I wouldn't remotely say that he "comprehensively destroys the book." There are points on which he rightly points out ways in which Dawkins is misinformed, and points where I think his arguments are a complete tangent to Dawkins' actual points. I'm a bit tempted to do a comprehensive run-down of the whole thing, but I doubt that it would be of much worth to many of the members here, so I don't think that would be a very good use of my time.