(November 17, 2014 at 9:18 am)ManMachine Wrote:(November 17, 2014 at 7:16 am)Skygirl Wrote: Hi, i joined the group because i am studying atheism. I need to interview a few atheists and I hope i can correspond via email to you who are kind enough to help me. My email add is <removed>
Thank you
Well if nothing else it's refreshing to see someone who believes in god wanting to study atheism, although I am a little curious as to exactly how disinterested this study might actually be.
MM
Um, been at this 13 years. When people offer their e-mails what they are really doing is trying to pick off someone they think they can mentor and sway. Much harder to do in the open where everyone can see.
Certainly there is a history of skepticism and you can point out individual skeptics and atheists who have had a huge impact on society. But the word "atheist" itself is not a club or religion. Saying you want to study "atheism" as if it were is like saying you want to study "lack of belief in unicorns".
What the theist can learn from atheists, isn't that we are a religion or political party. What they can learn from us is that we are not sheep, we are diverse, and our skepticism is a result, not of our label itself, but an exposure to how critical thinking works outside personal bias.
