At the moment at least I prefer Dawkins stance of the outspoken Atheist to calling ourselves brights or not having a label at all.
I like how Sam Harris suggests we should just use words like 'reason', 'evidence', 'science', etc. And try and go under the radar. We don't need to call ourselves atheists just as we don't need to call ourselves "non-astrologers", its a word we don't need, etc.
But I still don't know how you'd: A) get over the herding cats problem (trying to get organize atheists has been likened to herding cats).
And B): if you're asked if you believe in God and you answer "no" you'll probably be labeled as atheist then anyway. And if you're asked if you're an atheist. What are you supposed to say?
evf
I like how Sam Harris suggests we should just use words like 'reason', 'evidence', 'science', etc. And try and go under the radar. We don't need to call ourselves atheists just as we don't need to call ourselves "non-astrologers", its a word we don't need, etc.
But I still don't know how you'd: A) get over the herding cats problem (trying to get organize atheists has been likened to herding cats).
And B): if you're asked if you believe in God and you answer "no" you'll probably be labeled as atheist then anyway. And if you're asked if you're an atheist. What are you supposed to say?
evf
