Well, I don't know that the name of the atheist group "Coalition of Reason" really incites people toward love and harmony. It's a bit smug. It would be like naming a group "People Who Aren't Jerks", making all people who have differences with the group be almost de facto jerks.
That aside, I would reason (see what I did there ;)) that it's good that they are speaking up in subways in New York, per a CNN article:
Some New Yorkers may want to reconsider exclaiming "Thank God" when arriving at their destination subway station beginning Monday.
Or at least that's what a coalition of eight atheist organizations are hoping, having purchased a month-long campaign that will place their posters in a dozen busy subway stations throughout Manhattan.
The advertisements ask the question, written simply over an image of a blue sky with wispy white clouds: "A million New Yorkers are good without God. Are you?"
Now there are some who would want to shut them up. I don't. I'm all for it. I believe in a strong God who stands up to scrutiny, and I believe in hearing all views, testing everything, and seeing what holds water.
After all, if we won't listen when they speak, why would we have the audacity to expect them to listen when we do?
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