Atheism is a religion

[Anomalocaris]

In effect they are hiding behind the white lie "you are just as bad as we". It is telling that the best attack theists can come up amounts to a challenge to race to the bottom. One would think if they really value their religion for what it offers, rather than cling to it as but a shield of deceit against the need to grow up, then they would think to give their religion more dignity than arguing for it from that utterly dismal angle.