RE: In before...
February 11, 2015 at 12:34 pm
(This post was last modified: February 11, 2015 at 12:35 pm by Faith No More.)
(February 11, 2015 at 12:23 pm)NuclearJaguar Wrote: I think it's important as an atheist community to tackle this head on, and condemn this behaviour in other atheists, rather than running away from it and taking the "no true scotsman" mentality. That would be hypocritical, since atheism often criticises religous people for refusing to comment on the radicals.
It's true that we atheists ought to speak out about this - if his motivations were truly anti-religious, that is - but it's a sad fact that we'd have to. My condemnation of his actions has about as much to do with me being an atheist as his violent actions have to do with him being an atheist, which is nothing at all.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
