[I know atheists who are good, decent people with a strong sense of right and wrong.]

They are not atheists.

Real atheism is to believe in the giant fuckhole of empty space and to be so enveloped by the soul destroying vacuum effect of nihilism and the idea of sheer random chance that madness ensues. It is a pathetic, meaningless existence. And I admire real atheists for their decision and their honesty. They are very few. Not many have the courage to embrace the inherent mental disease that comes with such a conclusion.

Everyone else you just mentioned is merely a weekend warrior, armchair atheist. They might like the Satrbuckian atmosphere of urban hip Wiccan tea settings, but they are not real atheists. Understand, inexistence, a belief in the oblivion if held to, requires tremendous faith and dedication for it will destroy anyone who tries to fool the self into the lure of absence.

Most 'atheists' I know are Hindu also rans discovering their claim of own self-godhood. It was always this way from the beginning, even from the Garden tale, removing one self from the Origin to become an origin unto themselves. This is not the bravery of atheism, it is merely selfish delusions of grandeur.