Old Man Attack Sam Harris

You miss his point old man. To labels can be a dangerous thing: it allows people to create false stereotypes etc. Atheist is a weird label, because it isn't really a position to take, but the lack of a belief in a god/gods (obviously). Words are very important, and terms like 'atheist', 'agnostic', etc. can empower the religious, and create an in-group/out-group mentality, which can lead to the opposite of what us atheists want. The word 'atheist' is kind of a weird label, because it doesn't really describe what a person is, but what they are not. Many religious people view atheists as devil worshipers, they are allowed to create false stereotypes because they have a word to demonize. I suppose we are forced to keep the atheist label, but there are draw-backs to it. There are some benefits of it; such as it gives nonbelievers something to unite under, even though atheists don't easily get together. Most atheists are in the closet merely because of the negative stereotypes created by the religious. Atheists are devil worshipers in minds of many.