Are all atheists this ill-informed about religion?

[John V]

I suppose any theist who has read this part of the forum has to chuckle at how terrible atheist critiques of theism are.

Yep. Lately I've been amused by the "you should kill your child if you think those who die as children go to heaven" crowd. It just shows an utter lack of understanding.

But when the laughter dies down, you're left with a troubling realization: There actually is a huge pool of people on this planet who call themselves atheists and post on the internet, but are less familiar with theism than toddlers with the inside of a quantum mechanics textbook.

Here I have to disagree. The pool isn't huge. There's only a few sites with daily posting, and those share some of the same members. In the past few years I've seen two sites go defunct - atheist.net and friendlyatheist. Atheist.net (out of Denmark IIRC) was a pretty good one. By that I mean it had a relatively high quality of debate. But, most internet atheists don't want quality debate. They just want a safe place to mock theists and feel better about themselves.

Where does one go for actually informed atheistic critiques of religion? I'm feeling my brain atrophy after reading some of the threads here.

In a forum setting? Good luck. Try theologyonline. That used to have decent quality. But, since it's geared toward theists, it can be hard to get a word in yourself. That's why I hang at atheist sites. When you're in the minority people will always be there to argue.