Why New Atheism Collapsed and Nobody Cares

It came in loud and smug, sold millions of books, then faded into irrelevance. Here’s why the “God is a delusion” era died with a whimper.

Once loud and proud, New Atheism now echoes in empty rooms and forgotten forums.

Back in the early 2000s, it hit the scene like a wrecking ball with a PhD. Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett—the so-called “Four Horsemen”—rode in yelling, “God is a delusion!” and acted like religion was some ancient virus we could delete…