(October 26, 2010 at 4:47 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: VOID - for "white men" I read males of our civilised society. To me the bickering over her exact words is missing the very clear point she's making. Like pulling her up on the definition of atheism... I'd have thought people here would have noticed Eilonnwy reiterating the distinction but here you need to pull apart her words and drop in the accusation. It's more feeding time at the zoo than trying to honestly see a persons point of view.
I wasn't bickering over the exact words, It was about her argument in general, that being it's complete bullshit.
The argument she made was:
1. Atheists are disproportionately white males
2. White males have privilege
3. Non-(white males) dislike white male privilege
4. Therefore white males hinder the growth of atheism.
And this argument is flawed for the following reason alone.
More white males are Christian and, especially historically, Christian white males have had more privilege than Atheist white males, yet non-(white male) adoption of Christianity is unhindered, in fact adoption rates amongst non-whites are higher despite the higher privilege, This renders her ENTIRE argument invalid.
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