Hi cgod, I agree with most of what you have to say. I do not consider myself a militant anything and if I were to label myself I would say I am an atheist but I do agree with you that the common narrative of arguments between atheists and believers is tiring and redundant. This piece was simply attempting to analyze why it is that more scientifically minded people tend to be atheist or non-believers. There are several important reasons and I think it brings peoples attention to the evolutionary functions that religion serves.
What is that function? I am agnostic that anyone really knows.
I liked the piece and was only reflecting on my personal point of view, rational agnosticism seems to be left out of the equation a lot, left as an sore thumb poked by either side as an almost true believer position. Not suggesting that one can't be a rational atheist or believer by the way, I know many people from both camps that have seemingly healthy and rational reason to believe what they believe.