saying -- >> even richard dawkins has softened his approach.. >> and is america better without god? >> america is greater without g god. >> why? >> think of the hatred that would go away and bigotry that would go away. >> and david, god is part of the history, and the culture and the god is part of the currency and in god we trust. >> not everybody. that is just a great example of how religion lies. you may trust in god, but we don't. >> one nation under god -- >> one nation under god is drilled into every student. this is the government push ping religion on everybody. it is disgusting and wrong and pit is exact opposite of what america stands for. >> and justice for all. >> and so would the world be a better place without god? >> the world would be a enormously better place without religion, yes. there are all sorts of things that we don't know, but let's seek the truth, and let's be open mind ed. the time should come, and i hope lit come when we don't even e need the word atheists, because we shall live in a time that we live in a place wher

. >> richard dawkins is one of the most well known atheists in the world.hat is it about atheism that rocks so many people to the core? >> it's a very odd thing that, the very word atheism has a terrible resonance to people. >> people think devil worshipping. >> something like that. >> morally bankrupt. >> it's possible that word has become so deeply engrained in the reaction that we do need to find a better word. >> there are other words out there. nuns. humanists. skeptics. free thinkers. agnostics. millions of americans. >> i've interviewed men and women. they say i'm a humanist. i'm a free thinker. i'm a skeptic. so many people won't say, i'm an atheist. is it all the same thing? are these just softer terms for i'm an atheist? >> yes, these are atheists who are afraid to use the word. and what are they doing? they're lying. >> david silverman is the fire brand head of american atheists. >> the flyer will not hurt you. >> a group formed in the early '60s that now has more than 5,000 members. >> atheists at cpac, yes, we're here. >> more and more american