Somehow I've never seen this missive, thanks for posting it. It's actually pretty resonant with my own conclusions.

I can sum up the Manifesto in this simplistic way. The world desperately needs freedon FROM religion but considering the nature of the human 'mindset' this is never going to happen. The more things change the more they remain the same.

A-theist = anti-theist. This suggests to me that being an Atheist requires activism against single-god religions. That is a game not worth the candle, in my opinion. Even if you succeed, tomorrow another rapscallion, rascal, scoundrel, or scalawag will invent another one and it's off to the races again.

Verbose.