Even if theism is a failure, it's still superior to atheism

[Jehanne]

Grand Nudger: from what ive gathered about the term "atheism", i believe it only means a disbelief in idols, what i think youve called "narrative devices". i believe this agrees with Christianity; it speaks against idolatry too, the worship of anything we can see or detect. by "narrative device", i think you mean that it is only a reference to a much larger something "behind the scene." as a Christian, i believe this is true, up to and including Christ himself. so i think that, basically, God is the good that these devices have been referencing.

If you want to understand modern atheism, read Professor Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion; the Audible version is read by the author himself and his former wife, Linda Ward.