There's not much to say that people haven't already said much more eloquently on this board before me, but personally, I think the times are changing and people are more willing to be open and honest about their beliefs. Atheism has always been a bit taboo, its just something that wasn't really brought up but now, with all thats going on in the world, (war, economic recession, ect) its encreasingly important to get the message out, to have people thinking rationally. So I suppose we're coming out of the theological closet out of necessity.