RE: The Atheist Movement.
September 29, 2016 at 3:42 pm
(This post was last modified: September 29, 2016 at 3:43 pm by Simon Moon.)
(September 28, 2016 at 7:04 pm)Jehanne Wrote: I get the impression having just listened to the entire "Moving Naturalism Forward" conference (first day episode here):
that they (our "leaders") do not get along with each other very well and may not even like each other.
Thoughts?
So...
I listened to more than half of this on my way home, and not once did I get the impression that they were not getting along, or showing any sort of dislike for each other.
I heard plenty of disagreement, which is expected, given the complex and controversial subjects they are discussing. Quite a few friendly jibes, but nothing that I head that sounds like dislike.
And I will reiterate. None of these, or other prominent atheists are my leaders. I respect them based on the content of their words, not because of who they are.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
