(October 30, 2012 at 9:53 am)Fryslân Wrote: It seems like Atheism is turning into a hispter thing on the internet and it's really pissing me of. Everywhere I read shit about Atheists it's all about how clever they are, how much they know about everyone and lots of "clever" comments dissing each other.Because of the 'new atheist' movement and the hipster anarchism movement. To be fair, however, the atheist group has shown itself to be the most progressive, intellectually forward group in society.
Quote:Is that what Atheism is turning into?
no, there are lots of douchebags on earth, some of them happen to be atheists, the passive majority don't go shouting their mouths off.
Quote:If you really want relegion to go away, stop fucking talking about it. Isn't that the whole point?No, that clearly is not how it works. I'm sure that ignoring the evils of the world don't disappear as soon as you ignore them (Unless you're Berkeley).
Religion is an attempt to answer the philosophical questions of the unphilosophical man.