(December 13, 2015 at 1:19 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:This is why there are no spokesman for atheism, the only thing required to be an atheist is to not believe in god, intelligence has nothing to do with it. I will defend dawkins on this one though, the Brights movement was not about atheism it was about having a naturalistic worldview.(December 13, 2015 at 12:48 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: Atheism doesn't have a spokesman, Its just not believing in the god claim, nothing else.
That's all it is supposed to be, but I have noticed it becomes more than that to some people sometimes. Though not so much in this forum.
Wasn't it Richard Dawkins who said atheists should have a name and call themselves "Brights?" If atheism just means not believing in God, then how does this automatically make someone "bright" unless there's more to it than that? But then again, not very many people here like him so perhaps he's not all too popular among long time atheists.
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