Atheists like Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris claims that the mordern people should grow out of "religion"...?

Yep. Nothing new under the sun. And when Dawkins and Hitchens pass on into eternity other skeptics will arise spouting the same nonsense. Futility is the best description.

No, atheism is not a new idea, so what? Neither is religion. Haven't Xians been saying the same ol' thing now for 2000 years? "We're living in the end times! Repent! Or you'll burn in Hell!" If repetition is bad, then you guys are the worst of the lot! Or maybe repetition isn't so bad, in which case, what's your beef with the atheists continuing to say atheistic things?

Well, if atheist writers should shut up because it was all said 100 years ago, the religious writers should shut up a LOT more, because all of their crap was said 2,000 years ago.

In civilised secular societies, we have Freedom Of Speech *and* Freedom Of (And, From) Religion.

Deal with it. The last time we shut up, you goons got it your way has a name:

The Dark Ages. Never Again.

Thats a very Good Reason for modern atheists to keep speaking and writing.

Let's see.

Thomas More--catholic saint.

Socrates and Plato--theists.

Voltaire--actual beliefs hotly debated but a professed Catholic.

All you've done is convince me that theists are capable of moral thought also.

It is a very good idea. Come into the light of truth. After all religion is the blindness of humans.

Doesn't that quote from Ecclesiastes discourage innovation? Sometimes people do things that have never been done before.

How right they are! It´s deluded folks such as yourself that continue to promulgate this fantasy. Get a grip..research Darwin and others who were rationalists and you will move forward in time.

Stop throwing authors´s names around as if you had actually read any of their works. Your sentence structure gives you away!

No, it is not a new idea. It is just taking a real long time for people to realize it is the truth.

So why won't the religious nutters listen?

atheism is old and worn out and is right up there with the theory of flat world