It has been my experience that if you delve beneath the hard exterior of most atheists you will find a one-time believer. The person has suffered a deep spiritual wound and they have turned upon God. They see the deep hurt as God lashing out at them. They are fighting back against this insensitive God.
In their incessant denial of God they are picking at the scab covering their wound. The more vicious their denial of God the deeper was their faith. How else could anyone be convincing in this tirade of hate.
