(December 17, 2014 at 4:38 am)robvalue Wrote: I can accuse them of not being true atheists, or sullying the good name of atheism, but that doesn't make sense.Yeah, that wouldn't make sense. For me, meaningful humanistic principles can only be incorporated within an atheist. At the same time I see a lack of humanism within atheism can lead to some bad behavior.
In light of the two, I was wondering if there is a need to combine them both. Not to redefine atheism with some guiding principles, but to encourage them together.
(December 17, 2014 at 4:38 am)robvalue Wrote: What do you mean by "attack" christianity and islam? If you mean speak out against it, then yes, a lot of people do that and I'm all for it.Most atheists don't need to speak out against Islam, they do. Their atheism doesn't insist they should, they still do. Their rationale for speaking out against it, is the tribal inhuman behavior Islam brings about. But then very few speak out against non religious bad behavior, even though in essence it is inhuman. How can one claim to be rational and speak out sometimes and not some other times?
