(January 17, 2013 at 10:52 pm)Polaris Wrote: Religion will easily survive the internet, but if more atheists don't learn to separate opinion from academia, the secular movement may itself be set back...the internet has become the atheists' worst enemy.
The problem with the internet is most of what it has to offer is actually rather false.
No.
What will kill a future of progress is big money without regulation. Not labels. Monopolies need money.
Life is messy and the only way to counter bullying is not to expect 100% perfection all the time, but the continued open market.
You falsely assume that facts are what everyone wants. No, facts are what people far too often equate to personal predilections.
Life is not robotic so while we should all seek facts we are still not robots.
You can define entropy universally, that is true. But you cannot force people to accept it. You can however, use appeal without scaring the shit out of those who disagree with you to the point where they think you want to stick them in ovens.
"We are all entitled to our own opinions, but not our own facts. "
But you cannot name me one sane parent or family member outside the issue of politics or religion that would not react to either the harm or joy of a family member.
We are not different, we as a species simply argue. The internet allows more argument without violence. It allows us to bitch without killing. We can be right or wrong, but it is available to all of us.
Atheists cannot be harmed by the internet unless the powers with money who control any business seek to oppress ANYONE. I do not see a lack of opinion or access to facts on the internet, for any person of any label.
