(September 6, 2009 at 12:04 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I think what EvF perhaps meant was that both attitudes towards atheism, and the amount of people subscribing to atheistic ideas (and secularism, etc) are on the climb.
Atheism itself hasn't moved at all, given it is a disbelief and is rather specific in what it doesn't believe in Theism (as the positive belief) has developed in every possible direction.
That's exactly what I meant, thank you.
Sorry if it wasn't clear. Obviously atheism itself can't 'develop' because it's not a fucking ideology.
EvF