If atheists don't organise, they can't fight religion, really.
Religious people ARE organised and their organisations give them political strength, which directly influences our lives.
I realise many atheists are also pacifists, so don't hear me out if you're easily offended, but it's essentially the same problem: if you don't have an army, your enemies will and there's nothing you can use against them when they come and take away your home. If you refuse to fight, it won't cause your enemies to give up -- instead, it'll only allow them to kill you easier.
I agree that we don't need "Atheism" groups. But we do need groups. Atheism is far too useless a label, politically speaking, as that we could simply unite all "atheists" under that banner to fight the good fight.
What we need are organisations that promote Laozism (seperation of church and state). We need organisations that fight religious extremism (e.g. the Ex-Muslims in Germany, a group of de-converted muslims who fight for awareness of religiously justified abuse of women, children, etc). We need organisations that keep religion out of education and we need organisations that keep science IN education.
We don't need to unify. We need to diversify. Find common interests and promote them, don't wait for a unified Atheist group to share your opinions.
Religious people ARE organised and their organisations give them political strength, which directly influences our lives.
I realise many atheists are also pacifists, so don't hear me out if you're easily offended, but it's essentially the same problem: if you don't have an army, your enemies will and there's nothing you can use against them when they come and take away your home. If you refuse to fight, it won't cause your enemies to give up -- instead, it'll only allow them to kill you easier.
I agree that we don't need "Atheism" groups. But we do need groups. Atheism is far too useless a label, politically speaking, as that we could simply unite all "atheists" under that banner to fight the good fight.
What we need are organisations that promote Laozism (seperation of church and state). We need organisations that fight religious extremism (e.g. the Ex-Muslims in Germany, a group of de-converted muslims who fight for awareness of religiously justified abuse of women, children, etc). We need organisations that keep religion out of education and we need organisations that keep science IN education.
We don't need to unify. We need to diversify. Find common interests and promote them, don't wait for a unified Atheist group to share your opinions.
