Well, my mother passed away when I was 13, so I don't have any fear of her killing me. I'd have to be christian to believe she could pull a Lazarus and come back. But even if she was alive I wouldn't say that humans are robots.
I think you may have made a false leap here. I am not drawing a connection to Atheists and your "humans are robots" premise.....
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.