Atheists same as religious extremists

[Aegrus]

You make some good points, and I have wondered the same myself. There are certainly some atheists who are too sure of themselves. I try to convince people to live open-mindedly, yet more and more of the atheists I know seem to be viewing the world in black and white. Honestly, and I say this as an atheist myself, if atheists got control of the world today, I believe that we would foul things up almost as badly as theists because we all too often make the same assumptions of our own superiority. We must never allow our confidence to become arrogance. We cannot afford to become like the church-loonies who, in the past, scoffed that the earth was round. We must always be willing a test out new hypothesis without mocking them. (Unless, of course, it's something as ridiculous as "pink unicorns carry the earth.")

That being said, no. Religion is not correct, and atheists actually do have much stronger points than theists because we do research out of something other than a thousand year old book. Saying theism is as valid as atheism is like saying your uncle Phil is as good a general as Erwin Rommel. One side has evidence, experience, and will actually win a battle through years of accumulated tactical knowledge. The other will get drunk and watch football all afternoon until his house gets shelled to the ground by long range artillery.