RE: Atheists turning to cult behaviour?
December 17, 2014 at 7:57 am
(This post was last modified: December 17, 2014 at 7:59 am by Alex K.)
(December 17, 2014 at 7:53 am)robvalue Wrote: It would be a sensible claim to say you have a problem with the atheists involved in the atheist movement of making atheism more acceptable. That would be a well defined issue. But to say the atheist movement necessarily involves all atheists is bogus. If that is what the OP was getting at, I'd have no problem discussing such a claim.
I'm not sure what OP is getting at actually, because it is written to imprecise and with a bit too broad a brush. But I'd say, yes, we have a problem of nomenclature here.
However: it makes no sense to shout down discussions about problems within one of these movements with the argument "but atheism is only lack of belief, so shut up", as often is attempted by trolls who don't like these issues to be raised.
(December 17, 2014 at 7:56 am)robvalue Wrote: If you just say "atheism has a problem because this group of atheists did this..." you're making a meaningless claim.
Yes, fine. "Certain parts of movements of atheist activism have a problem...." or something like that would be clearer. One really needs to be careful to separate the silly atheist=holocaust claims from problems pertaining to the atheist movements.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
