Oh boy, I made many threads on this at another forum with some intelligent posters and it was a nice discussion, so I'll just sum up my stance that they're the same poop, different butthole. For Dawkins and crew to assume such an almost complete understanding of life, the universe, etc. is no different than geniuses like Falwell or the pope dictating "God's word."

Our knowledge and understanding of life and such thus far is breathtaking, but it's like the Charles Duell quote from 1899 that everything that can be invented has been invented. I am a strong subscriber to science and to spirituality, and life and the universe's mysteries are so, so very much more beautiful and awe-inspiring than anything either extreme end offers as sustenance for our need to understand.