(August 20, 2015 at 9:48 am)Confused Ape Wrote:(August 20, 2015 at 12:37 am)Cephus Wrote: That's not a movement, that's something that wasn't started by atheists, it's something that was "identified" by theists, just because atheists were not being forced to remain silent about their lack of beliefs. There are no stated goals to this supposed movement. It's just atheists who refuse to be shut up by the religious.
The term, New Atheism, might have started out like that but some atheists adopted it. This is on The Atheist Scholar website.
Atheist Activism
Quote:The 21st Century has seen the rise of the New Atheism, which has had an energizing and beneficial effect on the atheist community, not only on morale, but on the numbers of new members to swell our numbers and influence.
The New Atheists believe that scientific discovery has advanced so greatly, that it is now time to not only champion atheism, but to critique religion. They do not feel that religion should be accommodated, but rather criticized for its mistakes, bigotry and immoral history down through the ages.
But how many people does that actually represent? One guy's opinion? I'm still looking for evidence that a large number of atheists are directly represented by that term and they all have a single demonstrable goal, something they are hoping to attain through their actions. Sorry, not seeing it.
There is nothing demonstrably true that religion can provide mankind that cannot be achieved as well or better through secular means.
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