Atheism is a rational conclusion based on the burden of proof and the fact theists have not met this burden. It's a very simple, defensible conclusion. Since it's hard to argue, opponents result to making up myths about atheism to attack instead.
If you can't argue the facts, but feel a need to argue, change the facts or sidetrack the issue. It's a common tactic.
I disagree with #5...atheism IS just another form of faith. You'd like to believe and have others believe, that you are just standing back and coolly calculating the existence of God. But the reality is that you are making a statement "There is no God", when in fact you do not know.
That explains the high level of emotional investment that so many Atheists have regarding their belief. You never see an agnostic get upset or become so aggressive in a debate about religion, agnostics rarely discuss religion because to them it is a waste of time...arguing an unknowable subject is nothing more than a mental exercise like pushing against a brick wall.
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.