(September 25, 2015 at 8:12 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Not sure what point the OP is trying to make, or rather the person OP borrowed that from, but OK. So? There are atheists who are dicks. Granted. Now what?
That's exactly what I was thinking. I have no idea what the point of this thread is.
And, what the hell is a New Atheist?
There have been good and bad atheists for a long time. There have been strong anti-theists for a long time. What is a new atheist? The only thing that seems to fit the description is someone who just became an atheist. Are new atheists more vocal about atheism Randy? Is that what's new about them?
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.' -Isaac Asimov-