RE: Atheists turning to cult behaviour?
December 17, 2014 at 12:20 pm
(This post was last modified: December 17, 2014 at 12:23 pm by Alex K.)
(December 17, 2014 at 12:13 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Personally I think atheism will virtually disappear as a topic when enough people are educated about it that they don't assume they don't need to know anything else about you if all they know is that you're an atheist. Being a visible atheist is an important way to help people realize atheists are diverse.
You may be right, and I wouldn't shed a tear if it did. Some people, like PZ Myers, are desperately trying to tie the notion of atheism itself with social justice goals, and in principle it's laudable I guess, but it feels a bit forced to many people - I suppose you are right and in the end, the atheism will play a minor role. As long as secularism and social justice are still on the table, I'm absolutely ok with that.
(December 17, 2014 at 12:18 pm)Elskidor Wrote: Guy does have a cult following, so when he says some stupid ass shit like this his followers are going to think it is alright. He's probably responsible for some of the gender issues in the atheist community, but really it is not something that only exists in one specific group of people.
Correct, it's not. But just a few years ago I had this naive notion that people who associate with atheism, science, skepticism are above that because rationality etc. Turns out I was wrong, well... I still hope we manage to be "better than they" to the extent that we are organized at all.
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
