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TreasonousBastard

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11. Point taken, but maybe the term "movement" doesn't quite fit. The questions of...

Reply to cbayer (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 23, 2012, 07:44 PM

Aug 2012

agendas are peripheral to atheism, not its core. When I think of a movement, I think of proselytizing for something-- in this case it would be atheism, and I don't think there are many atheist missionaries around.

Battling against church/state excesses is, again, battling "against" something and aside from being "for" something before being against something else, that, and religious discrimination are not exclusively atheist concerns. Calls to arms, yes, movement I'm not so sure.

But, OK, this is getting picky. I'm not sorry I started it, but it's running its course.

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Atheism+: the new New Atheists [View all] cbayer Aug 2012 OP

Just someone else who wants attention skepticscott Aug 2012 #1

Is that where the "skeptic" comes from in your handle? dkf Aug 2012 #2

If atheism is simply disbelief in a god or gods, how does it become a "movement"... TreasonousBastard Aug 2012 #3

Because many organizations, conferences and even rallies have formed around atheism. cbayer Aug 2012 #5

Point taken, but maybe the term "movement" doesn't quite fit. The questions of... TreasonousBastard Aug 2012 #11

Then it's just semantics, but I do think there is a strong and appropriate proactive cbayer Aug 2012 #13

Is an organization based on resisting Xian hegemony in law and society really irrational? dmallind Aug 2012 #7

Agree. That is why the simplistic reduction of the term atheist is problematic. cbayer Aug 2012 #9

Again, point taken, but I've always seen "movements" as pro-active, not... TreasonousBastard Aug 2012 #12

It depends on how you look at it. eqfan592 Aug 2012 #16

You seem unaware of the Texas Repub senate candidate who says the UN is threatening golf courses muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #18

Not even new either dmallind Aug 2012 #4

Except this group has some distinctive items on their agenda, cbayer Aug 2012 #6

You might want to contact Marie Castle, who founded AFHR, then. dmallind Aug 2012 #8

Not familiar with her, but do you think that the complaints of sexism within some of cbayer Aug 2012 #10

There is sexism in many groups. That it exists doesn't MineralMan Aug 2012 #15

Some atheists, like some religious folk, want MineralMan Aug 2012 #14

Not to be confused with "Atheism 3.0" onager Aug 2012 #17

it seems premature to call it a new movement with energy muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #19

"Atheism + : Opposing ageism, racism and sexism. Old white men need not apply." - Paula Kirby onager Aug 2012 #20