Any wonder why Richard Dawkins, Daniel C Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens feel no threat from Christendom?
Christendom has long followed after the Talmudic Rabbinical method of argument. Where the Bible is clear (no matter what language) on a subject, the would-be Christian wrests the scripture until it doesn't even come close to original meaning.
Atheists view the Scriptures as plainly as the original writers intended because the atheist doesn't care about the outcome since they don't have to submit to it. Therefore they aren't trying to modify it, but use the scripture to refute those who claim to adhere to it.
Those who want to call themselves followers of Christ modify the words of Christ and the Apostles, to make their religion fit their cultures and agendas. The Rabbi and atheist gaze at the would-be Christians, and smirk as they watch them work hard to change the simple into the complex.
Whether it is tongues, uncut hair, eschatology, or holidays, Christianity has become a grab bag and hodge podge for the Christian Rabbinical Talmudists.